Unix Shell - Re: full path of a script

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Re: full path of a script

Miles

2007-09-24, 1:26 pm

On Sep 24, 8:11 am, Martin Krischik <krisc...@users.sourceforge.net>
wrote:
> Hello.
>
> currently use the following code to get the full path of the currently
> running script:
>
> pushd "$(dirname ${0})";
> typeset -r My_Dir=$(pwd);
> popd;
>
> But somehow I think there must be a better way. So is there?
>
> Martin
> --
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I think you want:
${variable%/*}

>TEST="/home/unxsa/csm/gdsh"
>echo ${TEST%/*}
/home/unxsa/csm

Miles