UpdatedOct 23, 2020 2:59 AMCreatedOct 23, 2020 2:58 AMTagsShellScriptKeywordsHow to get the source directory of a Bash script from within the script itself?bin/bash DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )" is a useful one-liner which will give you the full directory name of the script no matter where it is being called from. It will work as long as the last component of the path used to find the script is not a symlink (directory links are OK).stackoverflow.comDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
