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Get current directory name without path

Kaushal Modi

This post shows how to get the current directory name without the preceeding path, using awk or rev+cut or the boring basename.

  • awk
pwd | awk -F/ '{print $NF}'
  • rev and cut
pwd | rev | cut -d/ -f 1 | rev
  • basename
basename `pwd`