Bash – How to know where the script is

August 17, 2026July 27, 2016 by Jean-Pierre Lambelet

To find out in which folder the script being executed is located, no matter where it is called from

DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"

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