How to obtain the absolute path of a file via Shell (BASH/ZSH/SH)?

$ realpath example.txt/home/username/example.txt

bash shell path

Try readlink which will resolve symbolic links:

readlink -e /foo/bar/baz

bash shell path

#! /bin/shecho "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")"; pwd -P)/$(basename "$1")"

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