Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@alex-sainer
Created March 29, 2016 11:53
Show Gist options
  • Select an option

  • Save alex-sainer/5f976600986b5a8f9da2 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.

Select an option

Save alex-sainer/5f976600986b5a8f9da2 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
how to get current directory in a bash script
#!/bin/bash
# get current directory
SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink
DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
[[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
done
DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" && pwd )"
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment