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Hi All, I am new to Linux. So, please pardon if the question is too trivial. 'Is there a shell command to verify path and a file in some path?' ...
  1. 07-18-2007 #1
    super_gunda
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    Is there a shell command to verify path?

    Hi All,

    I am new to Linux. So, please pardon if the question is too trivial.

    'Is there a shell command to verify path and a file in some path?'

    Thanks!
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  2. 07-18-2007 #2
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    I'm afraid that I don't understand your question.

    The command 'pwd' (or the environment variable $PWD) will tell you your current path. If you combine this with the relative path of any file, you will have its absolute path.

    If this doesn't answer your question, please explain your question further.
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    Do you mean 'the folders on your path'? If so, you can get them like this

    echo $PATH
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  4. 07-18-2007 #4
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    Sorry for being abstract.

    Here I go again:

    I want to be able to verify if there is a file/dir at a particular location on the local system, using shell command.

    Ex: I want to verify if directory /usr/bin/abcd is present, using shell. if file /usr/bin/notes.txt is present, using shell.

    Thanks!
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    I knew I was being stupid

    Thanks a ton!
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    check this link too.
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  9. 07-21-2007 #9
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    hi
    you can also use locate command to know every file`s path with the given name

    # locate <name to be searched>
    # find path -name <file_to_search>



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