How can I find the path for a given file?

How can I find the directory for a file?

In my Unix shell, I know how to use the ls command, but it shows just the name of the file. I need the path too. How do I get it?

3 Answers

echo "$PWD/filename" will print the name of the filename, including the path.

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A quick search led me to this:

find / -name "filename" -type f -print

or

locate filename

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In Linux you can use readlink -f; on BSDs realpath might work.

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