Get current script location in Nu shell

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In bash you can use $0 variable to get the location of the current script. How I do the same in Nu? echo $nu doesn't seem to have anything I can use.

Try echo(script) or echo $pwd ls – asha Jan 13 '23 at 21:10 — asha, Jan 13 '23 at 21:10

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 16 '23 at 00:36

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As long as you know the name of the file, you can do:

$env.FILE_PWD | path join filename

This will only work if you are executing the file as a script, not sourcing it.

answered Jan 16 '23 at 00:36

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My usecase is really to find the location of the script so FILE_PWD is exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you! – Jacob Wang Jan 16 '23 at 12:07
It's possible this value might change so worth following https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/7692 – Jacob Wang Jan 16 '23 at 12:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 03 '21 at 15:00

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I don't think there's a way to do this yet. I was playing with history | last but it's one off, as you'd expect.

answered Sep 03 '21 at 15:00

Darren

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered May 06 '22 at 03:46

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($nu.config-path | path dirname )

answered May 06 '22 at 03:46

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While this works for getting the path to the config file, it doesn't work in general for any given script regardless of its location. – Jonathan E. Landrum Aug 16 '22 at 18:12

Get current script location in Nu shell

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