Is there a symbol for the current directory?
For example instead of type the full path name for the current directory, e.g.:
cp /User/Name/f1/f2/ /User/Name/f3/f4/f5
where /User/Name/f1/f2/
is the current directory.
Is there any symbol that acts as pwd
?
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Answer
Simply a .
will act as the current working directory in bash
In this example you give
cp . /User/Name/f3/f4/f5
To note: this will not work, cp will need the -r
parameter for copying directories
cp -r . /User/Name/f3/f4/f5
The current working directory can also be fetched with the pwd
command, used as $(pwd)
instead of .
in this command