On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Kathryn Hogg wrote: > If you want to print just the directory that the script is located in do > > (cd $(dirname $0); pwd) That assumes that the script is in "dirname $0" but what if the script is in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/bin is in the path and the user typed this: script.bash Then "dirname $0" will fail, and that is why the original poster suggested use of "which". Also, you need quotes around the $0. > if you want the full path to the script then this will suffice > echo $(cd $(dirname $0); pwd)/$(basename $0) That has the same problem as above. Mike