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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Desc: Provides newline-delimited list of each parent dir
+
+yell() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } # print script path and all args to stderr
+die() { yell "$*"; exit 111; } # same as yell() but non-zero exit status
+try() { "$@" || die "cannot $*"; } # runs args as command, reports args if command fails
+get_parent_dirnames() {
+    # Desc: Provides newline-delimited list of each parent dir of a file or dir
+    # Usage: get_parent_dirnames arg1
+    # Input: arg1  input  path
+    # Output: stdout   newline-delimited list of parent dirs
+    # Version: 0.0.1
+    # Depends: yell(), die(), try()
+    local path
+
+    # Check input
+    if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then die "FATAL:Incorrect number of arguments:$#"; fi;
+    if ! { [[ -f $1 ]] || [[ -d $1 ]]; }; then die "FATAL:Not a file or dir:$1"; fi;
+
+    # Process path
+    path="$1";
+    while [[ -f $path ]] || [[ -d $path ]]; do
+        path="$(dirname "$path")";
+        name_base_previous="$name_base";
+        name_base="$(basename "$path")";
+        ## Check for stop condition (dirname returns same result as previous iteration)
+        if [[ $name_base == "$name_base_previous" ]]; then break; fi;
+        echo "$name_base";
+    done;    
+}; # Output parent dirnames to stdout
+
+# Test code
+sleep 1 && get_parent_dirnames /home/baltakatei/Downloads/ & # should work
+sleep 2 && get_parent_dirnames /home/baltakatei/Downloads/ foo & # should fail
+sleep 3 && get_parent_dirnames bar/baz & # should fail
+sleep 4;