separate file and path in bash?

Question

How can I separate the path and file elements in a bash loop like this?

for file in `find /my/path -name "*.ext"`
do
    #(path,onlyfile) = separate_path_and_file $file
    #dosomethingwith $onlyfile
done

Answer 1

You can't. But you can do them separately.

$ foo=/usr/local/bin/bar
$ echo "${foo##*/}"
bar
$ echo "${foo%/*}"
/usr/local/bin

Answer 2

I would suggest dirname and basename:

for file in `find /my/path -name "*.ext"`
do
    path="$(dirname $file)"
    onlyfile="$(basename $file)"
    # ...
done