How can I obtain and change to wd of running script

[MCubitt]

Is there a way for a script to identify it's location?

Eg
If I am in /home/oracle
and do
/home/oracle/scripts/test.unix

I would want the script to recognise /home/oracle/scripts/ as the new wd, not my wd of /home/oracle

Is this possible, please?




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[PHV]

Have you tried dirname $0 ?

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[MCubitt]

It filled the value with "dirname" !
I am using bash...



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[PHV]

echo $(dirname $0)

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[LunaPan]

workdir=`dirname "$0"`

 

[vgersh99]

echo "$(dirname $(whence $0) )"

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[MCubitt]

Thanks all, it was resolved by:
ScriptDirectory=`dirname $0`

So this worked:

# Get path of script
ScriptName=`basename $0`
CurrentDirectory=`pwd`
ScriptDirectory=`dirname $0`
case "${ScriptDirectory}" in /*) ;;
  .) ScriptDirectory="$CurrentDirectory" ;;
  *) ScriptDirectory="$CurrentDirectory"/"$ScriptDirectory" ;;
esac

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