Bash code snippets

Jul 5, 2020Last updated: May 3, 2021

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Script Directory

To get the absolute path to directory in which the bash script resides

SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"

Multiline strings

Always forgetting this very important utility.

strvar=$(cat << EOF
 
# all content goes here, bash variables work.
 
EOF
)

To directly put the output into a file

cat << EOF > /path/to/file
 
# all content goes here, bash variables work.
 
EOF
)

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