Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:04:11 -0700 From: Pete Slagle <freebsd-questions@voidcaptain.com> To: Aitor San Juan <asanjuan@bolsabilbao.es> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shell scripting: Absolute path name of a file given as parameter Message-ID: <461E668B.4090401@voidcaptain.com> In-Reply-To: <33E0F3313625E543ACCC41AE2DFD5EF5024280@BB06.bolsabilbao.local> References: <33E0F3313625E543ACCC41AE2DFD5EF5024280@BB06.bolsabilbao.local>
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Aitor San Juan wrote: > I have developed a shell script that, among other things, shows the filename > that was specified as a parameter. > > However, when I invoke the script and the file is located in the current working > directory, it just shows: ./my_input_filename > > I'd like the script to show the full path name of the input file. I wonder > whether there is or not an equivalent to %~f1 (Windows Batch file programming). > This parameter extension expands parameter %1 ($1 in shell scripting jargon) to a > Fully qualified path name. man (1) realpath For example: #!/bin/sh echo The full path of the file name is $(realpath $1)
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