+def path_ancestors_before_descendants_sort_key(volume: str) -> Tuple[str]:
+ """Chunk up a file path so that parent/ancestor paths sort before
+ children/descendant paths.
+
+ >>> path_ancestors_before_descendants_sort_key('/usr/local/bin')
+ ('usr', 'local', 'bin')
+
+ >>> paths = ['/usr/local', '/usr/local/bin', '/usr']
+ >>> sorted(paths, key=lambda x: path_ancestors_before_descendants_sort_key(x))
+ ['/usr', '/usr/local', '/usr/local/bin']
+
+ """
+ return tuple([x for x in volume.split('/') if len(x) > 0])
+
+
+def replace_all(in_str: str, replace_set: str, replacement: str) -> str:
+ """Execute several replace operations in a row.
+
+ >>> s = 'this_is a-test!'
+ >>> replace_all(s, ' _-!', '')
+ 'thisisatest'
+
+ """
+ for char in replace_set:
+ in_str = in_str.replace(char, replacement)
+ return in_str
+
+