dirname

dirname command included in coreutils package.

• https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/dirname.1.html

cd -- "$(dirname "$0")"

Related terms

• basename
• PATH environment variable
• mkdir -p
• mkdir -p "$(dirname "$1")" && touch "$1"

See also

• Coreutils, tail, dirname, env, sleep, install, truncate
• Bash [ -c ], alias, &&, Bash history, Autocompletion, set, unset, export, .bash_aliases, .bashrc and .bash profile, PS1, echo, brace expansion, Function, shopt, trap, set -e, source, PATH, complete, disown, .hushlogin, .bashrc, builtin, eval, set, $PATH, $HOME, TZ, .profile, -e, -i, Builtin (Bash), mapfile, ~, return (Bash), for, until, declare, dirname, basename, functions.sh, Bash arithmetic expansion, shift, bash --rcfile, readonly, $1, $@