Run .command–file in the folder it's located?

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I have a file called execute.command. When I execute it by opening it. It runs from my users folder. I would like it to run in the folder where it is located. is that possible?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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You must change the script to change working directory to script-location directory:

#!/bin/bash
cd "$(dirname "$0")"

More answers here : Bash script: set current working directory to the directory of the script

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answered Nov 06 '13 at 10:37

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 06 '13 at 10:37

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I added cd dirname $0 to the top of the command line. This will cd you into the correct folder. Here are more details.

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20041217111834902

answered Nov 06 '13 at 10:37

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Run .command–file in the folder it's located?

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