As you may already know getting the relative path in Linux can be easily achieved by typing the command pwd in your terminal. You may be wondering how to get only the current working directory without a full path? Let me show you some solutions.
Prerequisites
- Linux
- sudo privileges
Solution
Step 1. Using echo.
echo "${PWD##*/}"
Step 2. Using printf.
printf '%s\n' "${PWD##*/}"
Step 3. Using the basename tool.
basename "$PWD"
Conclusion
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