shell-base/modules/utility/helpers.mod

#!/bin/bash
# must be json as a string, depends on jq
get_prop_value () {
  local value
  # echo in $1 get $2
  value=$(echo $1 | jq -r .$2)
  echo $value
}

is_array() {
    local variable_name=$1
    [[ "$(declare -p $variable_name 2>/dev/null)" =~ "declare -a" ]]
}

filename() {
  # passed entire path
  echo $(basename "$1" | rev | cut -f 2- -d '.' | rev)  
}

adirname() {
  # passed entire path
 echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
}