As this is a bash question and not a Bourne shell question, I'd like to
offer A Better Way.
Instead of referring to $0, just use ${0##*/}
Typically, the start of most bash or ksh scripts will say:
prog=${0##*/}
Then later on refer to ${prog}
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On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Gustav Schaffter wrote:
=>Hi,
=>
=>In a bash script I can look at $0 to find the name of the current script
=>file, but if it's started with a full path, I will find the full path
=>and filename in $0.
=>
=>How can I find only the name of the script file even if it's started
=>with the full path?
On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
=>Check out basename.
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