code: def shorten_path(location, bold=False):
      
      original = location
      short = os.sep.join(
          [s[0] if len(s) > (len("2long4")) else s for s in location.split(os.sep)]
      )
      short = short.split(os.sep)
      short[-1] = original.split(os.sep)[-1]
      if bold:
          short[-1] = str(crayons.normal(short[-1], bold=True))
      return os.sep.join(short)
docs: Returns a visually shorter representation of a given system path.