`pwd` is a shell command for "print working directory". When issued, it prints the path of the current working directory.
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Bash: unexpected behavior using a variable containing directory with escaped spaces
This is a follow up to https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/52459/ and is about an unexpected behavior in bash. To summarize what's in that link, the problem is to copy the current directory in Terminal to a temporary variable, say the…
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Making c++ app use directory of file, not pwd
I am trying to run an application, app. I do this by running ./app in the directory of app. This application has a dependency, graphics/file.bmp. Everything works when I run ./app in that directory.
If I instead run from the parent folder, it can't…
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How do I print the current working directory of another user in linux?
Is there a command line I can issue to see what directory another user is currently working in? This would be like using >pwd but for the other user.
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Gunicorn not work outside project directory, even export PWD=$DJANGODIR
I use a bash script to run gunicorn. It is named _run_gunicorn.sh_
#!/bin/bash
NAME=new_project
DJANGODIR=/home/flame/Projects/$NAME
SOCKFILE=/home/flame/launch/web.sock
USER=flame
GROUP=flame …
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Copying files from a local directory to an online cluster
How can I copy a file from a local directory to an online cluster, while I'm logged in the cluster? Let say I'm currently at
online-user@ldas-grid
which pwd gives me
/home/online-user
and I want to copy a file to above mentioned online cluster…
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Emacs, change of $PWD variable
I do always work with emacs in no windows mode (emacs -nw) inside Guake, and I have set guake to open a new tab in the same directory on which I'm in that moment.
My purpose is:
If I work with a certain file in emacs, and I open a new tab, I want…
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Equivalent of pwd.h lib of c++ in java
I have found a link that illustrates the use of getting pwd based in the uid of the user.
I have a similar requirement in java for running a script as a different user which needs this implemetation.
The code snippet in c++ is as below:
static void…
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Bad use of parentheses
I've been stuck on this for hours:
cd /dir1
(cd $HOME); pwd;
Why does pwd still say /dir1 and didn't go to my home directory?
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How can i reach as variable of /src last folder in shell script?
this sh script is in /w that named "install.sh"
i want to catch my directory last name "bes" where is /src/com/seri/bes
#!bin/bash
i use myendpath=${PWD##*/}at this line but variable return "w";
myendpath=ls…
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How to extract the parent folder in bash script?
In a bash script, I want to extract the 2 last folders of the pwd.
I did this :
value=`pwd`
echo "you are here : $value"
echo "the folder is: ${value##*/}"
To have this :
you are here: /home/user/folder1/folder2
the folder is folder2
Now I want to…
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Store current directory in variable and use a variable to store the path developed from the previous variable
I need to store the current directory into a variable, so i did:
$current_path='pwd'
Till this point it is correct, but if I use the below one:
MY_FOLDER=$current_path/subFolder1/subFolder2/MyFolder/
and do $MY_FOLDER I am getting an…
Girija Vk
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How to use $PWD in a Bash script
I am writing a small Bash script to do some automatic commands. In particular, I would like to save the current directory path in a variable called my pwd and then use mypwd to change directory.
I have tried the following lines with no…
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Shell Error no such file or directory BUT USED PWD
Why is this not working please help !
Why is the pwd in the code not working , both scripts are in the same file
Here is the code :
check_process() {
echo "$ts: checking $1"
[ "$1" = "" ] && return 0
[ `pgrep -n $1` ] && return 1 || return…
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python on linux - use 'pwd' module to read passwd file of remote machine
I am executing a python script on one server and needing to read the contents of the passwd file from a remote machine. Does anyone know of a way to do this? Normally I would do:
import pwd
pwlist = pwd.getpwall()
#perform operations
This only…
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