{"id":4750,"date":"2024-03-14T01:54:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T01:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-i-obtain-the-path-of-a-file-in-shell\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T12:49:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:49:23","slug":"how-can-i-obtain-the-path-of-a-file-in-shell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-i-obtain-the-path-of-a-file-in-shell\/","title":{"rendered":"Get File Path in Shell: Quick Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the &#8220;pwd&#8221; command to get the current working directory path, and then add the relative path or absolute path of the file to obtain the full path of the file.<\/p>\n<p>For example, assuming the file name is example.txt in the current working directory, you can use the following command to retrieve the full path of the file:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>pwd\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This will output the path of the current working directory, for example \/home\/user\/Documents\/, and then the filename can be added at the end.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>\/home\/user\/Documents\/example.txt\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>If the file is located in the current working directory, you can also use a relative path to retrieve the file&#8217;s location.<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>.\/example.txt\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can use the &#8220;pwd&#8221; command to get the current working directory path, and then add the relative path or absolute path of the file to obtain the full path of the file. 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