pwd in a variable

vivek_d_r · December 2, 2011, 2:05am

is there anyway i could store the output of pwd that is the path in a variable...?

thomasraj87 · December 2, 2011, 2:11am

Yes...

You can store the password in the variable.. Here your password is stored in variable 'pass'.

Example:
---------

#cat pass.sh
password=123
echo -n "Enter pass:"
read pass
if [ $pass = $password ]; then
echo "Correct password"
else
echo "Wrong password"
fi

vivek_d_r · December 2, 2011, 2:13am

no no not password... i am asking about pwd.. that is path of the file
#pwd
/htc/vivek
this path i need to store in a variable in script

amitranjansahu · December 2, 2011, 2:16am

 
vpath=`pwd`

thomasraj87 · December 2, 2011, 2:18am

Hi,
I hope this is you are requesting.

$ pwd
/backup/shell
$ cat pwd.sh
#!/bin/sh
file=`pwd`
echo $file
$ sh pwd.sh
/backup/shell
$

vivek_d_r · December 2, 2011, 3:27am

thanks amitranjansahu and thomasraj..... thanks a lotamitranjansahu
Registered User

Scott · December 2, 2011, 3:54am

Hi.

You already have it, in $PWD.

If you want to take a copy of it, there's no need to "execute" pwd.

mypwd=$PWD

vivek_d_r · December 2, 2011, 5:02am

oh thanks.. this is simple than earlier.. i had tried mypwd=$pwd for the first time but it hadnt worked.. so its system defined i need to use upper case.. thanks..