diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
index 1f26910e..0502dbb5 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -118,10 +118,6 @@ Array.prototype.compact_push = function<T>(item: T | null | undefined) {
   if (item) this.push(item)
 }
 
-Array.prototype.compact_unshift = function<T>(item: T | null | undefined) {
-  if (item) this.unshift(item)
-}
-
 export function flatmap<S, T>(t: T | undefined | null, body: (t: T) => S | undefined, opts?: {rescue?: boolean}): NonNullable<S> | undefined {
   try {
     if (t) return body(t) ?? undefined
@@ -139,19 +135,6 @@ export async function async_flatmap<S, T>(t: Promise<T | undefined | null>, body
   }
 }
 
-export function pivot<E, L, R>(input: E[], body: (e: E) => ['L', L] | ['R', R]): [L[], R[]] {
-  const rv = {
-    'L': [] as L[],
-    'R': [] as R[]
-  }
-  for (const e of input) {
-    const [side, value] = body(e)
-    // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
-    rv[side].push(value as any)
-  }
-  return [rv['L'], rv['R']]
-}
-
 declare global {
   interface Promise<T> {
     swallow(err?: unknown): Promise<T | undefined>
@@ -179,24 +162,11 @@ Promise.prototype.swallow = function(gristle?: unknown) {
   })
 }
 
-export async function attempt<T>(body: () => Promise<T>, opts: {swallow: unknown}): Promise<T | undefined> {
-  try {
-    return await body()
-  } catch (err) {
-    if (err !== opts.swallow) throw err
-  }
-}
-
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// misc
 import TeaError, { UsageError, panic } from "./error.ts"
 export { TeaError, UsageError, panic }
 export * as error from "./error.ts"
 
-// deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
-export function tuplize<T extends any[]>(...elements: T) {
-  return elements
-}
-
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// pkgs
 export * as pkg from "./pkg.ts"
 
diff --git a/src/vendor/Path.ts b/src/vendor/Path.ts
index 2e382a53..a11cd11f 100644
--- a/src/vendor/Path.ts
+++ b/src/vendor/Path.ts
@@ -340,9 +340,15 @@ export default class Path {
     return Deno.readTextFile(this.string)
   }
 
-  readLines(): AsyncIterableIterator<string> {
+  async *readLines(): AsyncIterableIterator<string> {
     const fd = Deno.openSync(this.string)
-    return readLines(fd)
+    try {
+      for await (const line of readLines(fd)) 
+        yield line
+      }
+    finally {
+      fd.close()
+    }
   }
 
   //FIXME like, we don’t want a hard dependency in the published library
diff --git a/tests/unit/path.test.ts b/tests/unit/path.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c8fa13c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/path.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import Path from "path";
+import { assert, assertEquals, assertFalse, assertThrows } from "deno/testing/asserts.ts"
+
+Deno.test("test Path", async test => {
+  await test.step("creating files", () => {
+    assertEquals(new Path("/a/b/c").components(), ["", "a", "b", "c"])
+    assertEquals(new Path("/a/b/c").split(), [new Path("/a/b"), "c"])
+
+    const tmp = Path.mktmp({prefix: "tea-"})
+    assert(tmp.isEmpty())
+
+    const child = tmp.join("a/b/c")
+    assertFalse(child.parent().isDirectory())
+    child.mkparent()
+    assert(child.parent().isDirectory())
+
+    assertThrows(() => child.readlink()) // not found
+    assertFalse(child.isReadableFile())
+    child.touch()
+    assert(child.isReadableFile())
+
+    assert(child.in(tmp))
+    assertFalse(tmp.isEmpty())
+    assertEquals(child.readlink(), child) // not a link
+  })
+
+  await test.step("write and read", async () => {
+    const tmp = Path.mktmp({prefix: "tea-"})
+
+    const data = tmp.join("test.dat")
+    data.write({text: "hello\nworld"})
+
+    const lines = await asyncIterToArray(data.readLines())
+    assertEquals(lines, ["hello", "world"])
+
+    // will throw with no force flag
+    assertThrows(() => data.write({ json: { hello: "world" } }))
+
+    data.write({ json: { hello: "world" }, force: true })
+    assertEquals(await data.readJSON(), { hello: "world" })
+  })
+
+  await test.step("test walk", async () => {
+    const tmp = Path.mktmp({prefix: "tea-"})
+
+    const a = tmp.join("a").mkdir()
+    a.join("a1").touch()
+    a.join("a2").touch()
+
+    const b = tmp.join("b").mkdir()
+    b.join("b1").touch()
+    b.join("b2").touch()
+
+    const c = tmp.join("c").mkdir()
+    c.join("c1").touch()
+    c.join("c2").touch()
+
+    const walked = (await asyncIterToArray(tmp.walk()))
+      .map(([path, entry]) => {
+        return {name: path.basename(), isDir: entry.isDirectory}
+      })
+      .sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name))
+
+    assertEquals(walked, [
+      { name: "a", isDir: true},
+      { name: "a1", isDir: false},
+      { name: "a2", isDir: false},
+      { name: "b", isDir: true},
+      { name: "b1", isDir: false},
+      { name: "b2", isDir: false},
+      { name: "c", isDir: true},
+      { name: "c1", isDir: false},
+      { name: "c2", isDir: false},
+    ])
+  })
+})
+
+async function asyncIterToArray<T> (iter: AsyncIterable<T>){ 
+  const result = []; 
+  for await(const i of iter) {
+    result.push(i); 
+  }
+  return result;
+}