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if i give this command what would be the value...

if i give dir=/tmp/${0##*/}
what would b the value stored in dir ..i'm more concerned about the 0##*/ part..

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It will chop the comple path and just provide the basename of the script
$0 is the file which you execute.

${0##*/}

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