How to retrieve absolute path given relative
Try realpath.
~ $ sudo apt-get install realpath # may already be installed~ $ realpath .bashrc/home/username/.bashrcTo avoid expanding symlinks, use realpath -s.
The answer comes from "bash/fish command to print absolute path to a file".
#! /bin/shecho "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")"; pwd)/$(basename "$1")"UPD Some explanations
- This script get relative path as argument
"$1" - Then we get dirname part of that path (you can pass either dir or file to this script):
dirname "$1" - Then we
cd "$(dirname "$1")into this relative dir and get absolute path for it by runningpwdshell command - After that we append basename to absolute path:
$(basename "$1") - As final step we
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