How can I use a path in a variable?

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See [why doesn't cd work in a bash shell script](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/255414/why-doesnt-cd-work-in-a-bash-shell-script) — Mark Plotnick, Jul 21 '17 at 19:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 21 '17 at 20:49

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#!/bin/bash 

echo "read es: " $1 
dirname $1

command line is ./bashName.sh path

answered Jul 21 '17 at 20:49

Junior Abreu

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 21 '17 at 08:12

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Use dirname to get just path for any "file".

Example:

$ read -p "Please type file full path: " myVar
Please type file full path: /tmp/bla/bla/file
$ dirname "${myVar}"
/tmp/bla/bla

answered Jul 21 '17 at 08:12

Azize

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