#495 Normalizing an Absolute UNIX Path

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T-Bank

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AlgorithmsStringsPractice

Write a function that receives an absolute UNIX path and returns a shortened version with all unnecessary parts removed:

// Input: "/foo/../test/../foo//bar/./baz"
// Output: "/foo/bar/baz"

Notation:

.. — move to the parent directory;
. — the current directory, effectively redundant;
// — redundant separators.

It is not possible to move above the root directory.

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