Hello,
I have a script where I get the full directory path of the script being executed:
BASE=$0
echo "BASE:" $BASE
The output looks like this:
BASE: /webapps/appsdev/ACURA/rlz/oses3.sh
I'd like to truncate the shell name, leaving just the directory path. The directory path can be... (2 Replies)
I need to write a login script for multiple computers, however, one of the directories in question will have a different name from computer to computer.
~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/<unique filename>.default/myfile
For the directory named <unique filename>.default , I... (2 Replies)
Hi friends,
Need your help. The question is:
1) We have directory '/SomeDirectory/SubDirectory'
2) And have symlink pointing to it like '/AnotherOneDirectory/symlink'
'/AnotherOneDirectory/symlink' -> '/SomeDirectory/SubDirectory'
3) Need to get real path without symlinks knowing only... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I have a file abcd.txt which has contents in the form of full path file names i.e.
$home> vi abcd.txt
/a/b/c/r1.txt
/q/w/e/r2.txt
/z/x/c/r3.txt
Now I want to retrieve only the directory path name for each row
i.e
/a/b/c/
/q/w/e/
How to get the same through shell script?... (7 Replies)
If I enter (simplified):
find . -printf "%p\n"
then all files in the output are prepended by a "." like
./local/share/test23.log
How can achieve that
a.) the leading "./" is omitted
and/or
b.) the full path to the current directory is inserted (enclosed by brackets and a blank)... (1 Reply)
Hello,
I am looking for a command that will give me the last directory name from a path
ex 1 :
/dir1/dir/2/dir3/
output needed
dir3
ex 2 :
/dir1/dir/2/dir3/dir4/
output needed
dir4 (1 Reply)
My input is as below :
/splunk/scrubbed/rebate/IFIND.REBTE.WROC.txt
/splunk/scrubbed/rebate/IFIND.REBTE.WROC.txt
/splunk/scrubbed/loyal/IFIND.HELLO.WROC.txt
/splunk/scrubbed/triumph/ifind.triumph.txt
From the above input I want to extract the file names only .
Basically I want to... (5 Replies)
Hello,
I am creating a file with all the source folders included in my git branch, when i grep for the used source, i found source included as relative path instead of absolute path, how can convert relative path to absolute path without changing directory to that folder and using readlink -f ? ... (4 Replies)
What is the difference ../directory path and ./directory path in ksh? (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT HPUX
pwd
pwd(1) General Commands Manual pwd(1)NAME
pwd - working directory name
SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION
prints the path name of the working (current) directory.
Options
recognizes the following options:
Display the directory with the name of the symbolic link if any.
If the environment variable contains an absolute path name of the current directory that does not contain the file names
(dot) or (dot-dot), writes this path name to standard output. Otherwise, the option behaves like the option.
Display the actual physical directory path.
Directories of symbolic link types are not displayed.
If both and are specified, the last one applies. If neither nor is specified, the default option is:
from UNIX 2003 environment onwards; see standards(5).
otherwise.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
For information about the UNIX Standard environment, see standards(5).
Environment Variables
determines the language in which messages are displayed.
If is not specified in the environment or is set to the empty string, the value of is used as a default for each unspecified or empty vari-
able. If is not specified or is set to the empty string, a default of "C" (see lang(5)) is used instead of
If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting, behaves as if all internationalization variables are set to "C". See
environ(5).
International Code Set Support
Single- and multibyte character code sets are supported.
DIAGNOSTICS
Possible file system trouble; contact system administrator.
Current directory has been removed (usually by a different process).
Use command to move to a valid directory (see cd(1)).
EXAMPLES
If your home directory is and the command is executed from the home directory, typing produces the following display:
In the following example, a symbolic link, points to the directory. Then the command displays the actual directory:
The command displays the directory with the symbolic link:
In the following example, there is no symbolic link. The displayed directory is the same for both the and options.
AUTHOR
was developed by AT&T and HP.
SEE ALSO cd(1), csh(1), sh(1), sh-posix(1), standards(5).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE pwd(1)