{"id":7098,"date":"2020-05-29T13:44:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T11:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/?p=7098"},"modified":"2020-05-29T13:44:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T11:44:46","slug":"linux-change-working-directory-to-script-directory-in-bash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/linux-change-working-directory-to-script-directory-in-bash\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux: Change working directory to script directory in bash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_7098 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_7098')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_7098').socialSharePrivacy({\"services\":{\"flattr\":{\"uid\":\"Michl\",\"status\":\"on\",\"the_title\":\"Linux%3A%20Change%20working%20directory%20to%20script%20directory%20in%20bash\",\"the_excerpt\":\"Hi%2C%0D%0A%0D%0Ashort%20post.%20You%20start%20a%20bash%20script%20and%20want%20to%20change%20the%20working%20directory%20to%20the%20directory%20where%20the%20script%20is%20stored%0D%0A%0D%0AUse%20this%3A%20%0D%0A%0D%0Acd%20%22%24%28dirname%20%22%240%22%29%22%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AMichael\",\"txt_info\":\"2 clicks for more data protection:\\r\\n\\r\\nOnly when you click here, the button will be come active and you can send your recommendation to Flattr. When activating, data are transmitted to third parties. \",\"perma_option\":\"off\"}},\"txt_help\":\"When you activate these fields by clicking, information to Flattr may be transferred abroad, and probably may also stored there.\",\"settings_perma\":\"Enable permanently and accept data transmission. \",\"info_link\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heise.de\\\/ct\\\/artikel\\\/2-Klicks-fuer-mehr-Datenschutz-1333879.html\",\"uri\":\"https:\\\/\\\/michlstechblog.info\\\/blog\\\/linux-change-working-directory-to-script-directory-in-bash\\\/\",\"post_id\":7098,\"post_title_referrer_track\":\"Linux%3A+Change+working+directory+to+script+directory+in+bash\",\"display_infobox\":\"on\"});}});\n\/* ]]> *\/<\/script><\/div><p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>short post. You start a bash script and want to change the working directory to the directory where the script is stored<\/p>\n<p>Use this:<br \/>\n<code><br \/>\ncd \"$(dirname \"$0\")\"<br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, short post. You start a bash script and want to change the working directory to the directory where the script is stored Use this: cd &#8220;$(dirname &#8220;$0&#8243;)&#8221; Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[723,1183,1451,1452,224],"class_list":["post-7098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux","tag-bash","tag-cd","tag-change-to-script-directory","tag-change-working-directory-to-script-directory","tag-linux-2"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7099,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7098\/revisions\/7099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michlstechblog.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}