get absolute path of a script

if you need the absolute path of the script you are running at the moment:

absPath=`echo -n \`pwd\` ;( [ \`dirname \$0\` == '.' ] && echo ) || echo "/\`dirname \$0\`"`

for example useful to build up libary paths in project folders.

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2 Responses to “get absolute path of a script”

  1. Magnus Says:
    November 3, 2008 at 12:01 pm | Reply

    If you need a command which handles ../ etc you can use

    absPath=”$(cd $(dirname ${0}); pwd)”
    execName=”${absPath}/$(basename ${0})”

    Regards

    Magnus

  2. 666hellrid3r Says:
    January 13, 2009 at 6:47 pm | Reply

    thanks, looks much better than the version i found above..

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