Save current directory in variable using Bash?

Question

What I\'m trying to do is find the current working directory and save it into a variable, so that I can run export PATH=$PATH:currentdir+somethingelse. I\'m not

Answer 1

for a relative answer, use .

test with:

$ myDir=.
$ ls $myDir
$ cd /
$ ls $myDir

The first ls will show you everything in the current directory, the second will show you everything in the root directory (/).

Answer 2

You can use shell in-build variable PWD, like this:

export PATH=$PATH:$PWD+somethingelse

Answer 3

I have the following in my .bash_profile:

function mark {
    export $1=`pwd`;
}

so anytime I want to remember a directory, I can just type, e.g. mark there .

Then when I want to go back to that location, I just type cd $there

Answer 4

One more variant:

export PATH=$PATH:\`pwd`:/foo/bar

Answer 5

Your assignment has an extra $:

export PATH=$PATH:${PWD}:/foo/bar

Answer 6

current working directory variable ie full path /home/dev/other

dir=$PWD

print the full path

echo $dir