How do I get the full path to a Perl script that is executing?

Question

I have Perl script and need to determine the full path and filename of the script during execution. I discovered that depending on how you call the script $0 va

Answer 1

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;


my $path = $0;
$path =~ s/\.\///g;
if ($path =~ /\//){
  if ($path =~ /^\//){
    $path =~ /^((\/[^\/]+){1,}\/)[^\/]+$/;
    $path = $1;
    }
  else {
    $path =~ /^(([^\/]+\/){1,})[^\/]+$/;
    my $path_b = $1;
    my $path_a = `pwd`;
    chop($path_a);
    $path = $path_a."/".$path_b;
    }
  }
else{
  $path = `pwd`;
  chop($path);
  $path.="/";
  }
$path =~ s/\/\//\//g;



print "\n$path\n";

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