I tried the following but it didn't work.
dir=$pwd
echo $dir
/bin/env/####/ --id --edition dir- $dir
I want to paste the current working directory into the above script.
I tried the following but it didn't work.
dir=$pwd
echo $dir
/bin/env/####/ --id --edition dir- $dir
I want to paste the current working directory into the above script.
The current directory is already in a variable, called PWD
, and it is automatically set by the shell:
echo "$PWD"
You could also:
dir=$(pwd)
echo "$dir"
Or you could use these in your script without storing in additional variables:
/bin/env/####/ --id --edition-dir "$PWD"
/bin/env/####/ --id --edition-dir "$(pwd)"
For your information: every time you change directory, whether in an interactive shell or a script, the shell sets the value of the PWD
variable to the current directory, and the value of OLDPWD
to the previous directory.
Well, usually. As @WilliamPursell pointed out, OLDPWD
is not standard, so it might not be available in all shells.
try this:
dir="$PWD"
or
dir="$(pwd)"
you may want to have double quotes too if your path contained special chars, like spaces.