How to get the directory where a Bash script is located from within the script?
Get directory location using Bash
You can get the directory where a Bash script is located from within the script itself by using the following command:
DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
This command uses the cd command to change to the directory of the Bash script ("${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"), and then uses pwd to print the current working directory.
Here's a breakdown of the command:
"$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"gets the directory of the Bash script.cdchanges to the directory of the Bash script.pwdgets the current working directory, which is the directory of the Bash script.
After running this command, the $DIR variable will contain the directory where the script is located.
You can also use the dirname command directly to get the directory of the script without using cd or pwd:
DIR=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
This command will simply set $DIR to the directory where the script is located.
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