Revisions to How to obtain the absolute path of a file via Shell (BASH/ZSH/SH)?

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edited Aug 24, 2020 at 23:52

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TryUse realpath.realpath

$ realpath example.txt
/home/username/example.txt

Try realpath.

$ realpath example.txt
/home/username/example.txt

$ realpath example.txt
/home/username/example.txt

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edited Oct 18, 2018 at 10:35

Try realpath.

~ $ realpath example.txt
/home/username/example.txt

Try realpath.

~ $ realpath example.txt
/home/username/example.txt

Try realpath.

$ realpath example.txt
/home/username/example.txt

Change .bashrc to example.txt, to prevent confusion (see comments)

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edited Dec 29, 2017 at 10:29

Try realpath.

~ $ realpath example.bashrctxt
/home/username/example.bashrctxt

Try realpath.

~ $ realpath .bashrc
/home/username/.bashrc

Try realpath.

~ $ realpath example.txt
/home/username/example.txt

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created Oct 12, 2010 at 13:16

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