Shell script current directory

Question

What is current directory of shell script  I this current directory from which I called it  Or this directory where script located

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You could do this yourself by checking the output from pwd when running it. This will print the directory you are currently in. Not the script.

If your script does not switch directories, it'll print the directory you ran it from.

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As already mentioned  the location will be where the script was called from  If you wish to have the script reference it s installed location  it s quite simple  Below is a snippet that will print the PWD and the installed directory     bin bash echo  quot Script executed from    PWD  quot   BASEDIR   dirname  0  echo  quot Script location    BASEDIR  quot   You re weclome

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To print the current working Directory i e  pwd just type command like   echo  the PWD is     pwd

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Most answers get you the current path and are context sensitive  In order to run your script from any directory  use the below snippet   DIR     cd     dirname   0      amp  amp  pwd      By switching directories in a subshell  we can then call pwd and get the correct path of the script regardless of context   You can then use  DIR as   DIR path to file

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The current initial  directory of shell script is the directory from which you have called the script

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