filewalkwithme

function split(str, pat)
   local t = {}
   local fpat = "(.-)" .. pat
   local last_end = 1
   local s, e, cap = str:find(fpat, 1)
   while s do
      if s ~= 1 or cap ~= "" then
	 table.insert(t,cap)
      end
      last_end = e+1