How to show full path of a file including the full filename in Mac OSX terminal?

'ls' can show the file name, e.g

ls config.inc.php

config.inc.php

'pwd' show current folder full path, e.g

pwd

/Application/XAMPP/xamppfiles/phpmyadmin

Is there a command can put them together, would be able to show:

/Application/XAMPP/xamppfiles/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

asked Feb 15 '14 at 0:30

Rob L

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'ls' can show the file name, e.g

ls config.inc.php

config.inc.php

'pwd' show current folder full path, e.g

pwd

/Application/XAMPP/xamppfiles/phpmyadmin

Is there a command can put them together, would be able to show:

/Application/XAMPP/xamppfiles/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

asked Feb 15 '14 at 0:30

Rob L

311137

add a comment |

'ls' can show the file name, e.g

ls config.inc.php

config.inc.php

'pwd' show current folder full path, e.g

pwd

/Application/XAMPP/xamppfiles/phpmyadmin

Is there a command can put them together, would be able to show:

/Application/XAMPP/xamppfiles/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

asked Feb 15 '14 at 0:30

Rob L

311137

'ls' can show the file name, e.g

ls config.inc.php

config.inc.php

'pwd' show current folder full path, e.g

pwd

/Application/XAMPP/xamppfiles/phpmyadmin

Is there a command can put them together, would be able to show:

/Application/XAMPP/xamppfiles/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

macos command-line

asked Feb 15 '14 at 0:30

Rob L

311137

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Rob L

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From here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/4031502/804713

macports and homebrew provide a coreutils package containing greadlink
(GNU readlink). credit to Michael Kallweitt post in mackb.com

brew install coreutils

greadlink -f file.txt

edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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answered Sep 18 '15 at 19:36

stephenbez

47643

1

This was driving me nuts. I was thinking why -f wouldn't work on non-GNU and how to make it work. This works. Thanks

– sdkks
Oct 13 '17 at 10:14

Note that this also works for directories

– Paul Berg
Sep 30 '18 at 10:40

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There are many ways to do that; here is one example that may work for you:

claw:~ jonv$ echo `pwd`/`ls config.in.php`

/Users/jonv/config.in.php

If you want more examples, there are a bunch on this post at stackoverflow.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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answered Feb 15 '14 at 0:55

yoonix

573310

1

Most good answers on in stackoverflow.com/questions/5265702/… don't work out of the box on OS X, however.

– Quentin Pradet
Jun 9 '15 at 8:29

add a comment |

In Mac OSX, do the following steps:

cd into the directory of the target file.

Type either of the following terminal commands.

Terminal

ls "`pwd`/file.txt"

echo $(pwd)/file.txt

Replace file.txt with your actual file name.

Press Enter.

answered Mar 24 '16 at 6:12

Mowzer

4873917

add a comment |

You can also use the "find" command for listing all files with complete path:

find DirectoryName -type f

or just the following:

find . -type f

answered Jan 22 '18 at 10:07

Mireia

291

This does not return the absolute path (which seems to be what OP was looking for)

– Ad N
Nov 8 '18 at 14:56

add a comment |

Didn't like any of the given solutions so I made up my own based off of https://stackoverflow.com/a/22684652/953327

Create alias which simply is a function call that combines pwd and ls $1. You can then add this to your .bash_profile if you choose.

alias lsf='function _lsf(){ echo "$(pwd)/$(ls $1)"; };_lsf'

Example of use:

lsf registry.lock

-> /tmp/registry.lock

I chose lsf for "list full" or "list file", makes sense to me but feel free to modify.

answered Jan 25 at 1:03

FGreg

1508

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The following will find a file within the working directory that matches file.txt and return its absolute path

find `pwd` -name file.txt

answered Feb 7 at 0:12

mark

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From here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/4031502/804713

macports and homebrew provide a coreutils package containing greadlink
(GNU readlink). credit to Michael Kallweitt post in mackb.com

brew install coreutils

greadlink -f file.txt

edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

Community♦

answered Sep 18 '15 at 19:36

stephenbez

47643

1

This was driving me nuts. I was thinking why -f wouldn't work on non-GNU and how to make it work. This works. Thanks

– sdkks
Oct 13 '17 at 10:14

Note that this also works for directories

– Paul Berg
Sep 30 '18 at 10:40

add a comment |

From here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/4031502/804713

macports and homebrew provide a coreutils package containing greadlink
(GNU readlink). credit to Michael Kallweitt post in mackb.com

brew install coreutils

greadlink -f file.txt

edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

Community♦

answered Sep 18 '15 at 19:36

stephenbez

47643

1

This was driving me nuts. I was thinking why -f wouldn't work on non-GNU and how to make it work. This works. Thanks

– sdkks
Oct 13 '17 at 10:14

Note that this also works for directories

– Paul Berg
Sep 30 '18 at 10:40

add a comment |

From here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/4031502/804713

macports and homebrew provide a coreutils package containing greadlink
(GNU readlink). credit to Michael Kallweitt post in mackb.com

brew install coreutils

greadlink -f file.txt

edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

Community♦

answered Sep 18 '15 at 19:36

stephenbez

47643

From here:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/4031502/804713

macports and homebrew provide a coreutils package containing greadlink
(GNU readlink). credit to Michael Kallweitt post in mackb.com

brew install coreutils

greadlink -f file.txt

edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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answered Sep 18 '15 at 19:36

stephenbez

47643

edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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answered Sep 18 '15 at 19:36

stephenbez

47643

answered Sep 18 '15 at 19:36

stephenbez

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answered Sep 18 '15 at 19:36

stephenbez

47643

1

This was driving me nuts. I was thinking why -f wouldn't work on non-GNU and how to make it work. This works. Thanks

– sdkks
Oct 13 '17 at 10:14

Note that this also works for directories

– Paul Berg
Sep 30 '18 at 10:40

add a comment |

1

This was driving me nuts. I was thinking why -f wouldn't work on non-GNU and how to make it work. This works. Thanks

– sdkks
Oct 13 '17 at 10:14

Note that this also works for directories

– Paul Berg
Sep 30 '18 at 10:40

This was driving me nuts. I was thinking why -f wouldn't work on non-GNU and how to make it work. This works. Thanks

– sdkks
Oct 13 '17 at 10:14

Note that this also works for directories

– Paul Berg
Sep 30 '18 at 10:40

add a comment |

There are many ways to do that; here is one example that may work for you:

claw:~ jonv$ echo `pwd`/`ls config.in.php`

/Users/jonv/config.in.php

If you want more examples, there are a bunch on this post at stackoverflow.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

Community♦

answered Feb 15 '14 at 0:55

yoonix

573310

1

Most good answers on in stackoverflow.com/questions/5265702/… don't work out of the box on OS X, however.

– Quentin Pradet
Jun 9 '15 at 8:29

add a comment |

There are many ways to do that; here is one example that may work for you:

claw:~ jonv$ echo `pwd`/`ls config.in.php`

/Users/jonv/config.in.php

If you want more examples, there are a bunch on this post at stackoverflow.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

Community♦

answered Feb 15 '14 at 0:55

yoonix

573310

1

Most good answers on in stackoverflow.com/questions/5265702/… don't work out of the box on OS X, however.

– Quentin Pradet
Jun 9 '15 at 8:29

add a comment |

There are many ways to do that; here is one example that may work for you:

claw:~ jonv$ echo `pwd`/`ls config.in.php`

/Users/jonv/config.in.php

If you want more examples, there are a bunch on this post at stackoverflow.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

Community♦

answered Feb 15 '14 at 0:55

yoonix

573310

There are many ways to do that; here is one example that may work for you:

claw:~ jonv$ echo `pwd`/`ls config.in.php`

/Users/jonv/config.in.php

If you want more examples, there are a bunch on this post at stackoverflow.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

Community♦

answered Feb 15 '14 at 0:55

yoonix

573310

edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

Community♦

edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

Community♦

edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

Community♦

answered Feb 15 '14 at 0:55

yoonix

573310

answered Feb 15 '14 at 0:55

yoonix

573310

answered Feb 15 '14 at 0:55

yoonix

573310

1

Most good answers on in stackoverflow.com/questions/5265702/… don't work out of the box on OS X, however.

– Quentin Pradet
Jun 9 '15 at 8:29

add a comment |

1

Most good answers on in stackoverflow.com/questions/5265702/… don't work out of the box on OS X, however.

– Quentin Pradet
Jun 9 '15 at 8:29

Most good answers on in stackoverflow.com/questions/5265702/… don't work out of the box on OS X, however.

– Quentin Pradet
Jun 9 '15 at 8:29

add a comment |

In Mac OSX, do the following steps:

cd into the directory of the target file.

Type either of the following terminal commands.

Terminal

ls "`pwd`/file.txt"

echo $(pwd)/file.txt

Replace file.txt with your actual file name.

Press Enter.

answered Mar 24 '16 at 6:12

Mowzer

4873917

add a comment |

In Mac OSX, do the following steps:

cd into the directory of the target file.

Type either of the following terminal commands.

Terminal

ls "`pwd`/file.txt"

echo $(pwd)/file.txt

Replace file.txt with your actual file name.

Press Enter.

answered Mar 24 '16 at 6:12

Mowzer

4873917

add a comment |

In Mac OSX, do the following steps:

cd into the directory of the target file.

Type either of the following terminal commands.

Terminal

ls "`pwd`/file.txt"

echo $(pwd)/file.txt

Replace file.txt with your actual file name.

Press Enter.

answered Mar 24 '16 at 6:12

Mowzer

4873917

In Mac OSX, do the following steps:

cd into the directory of the target file.

Type either of the following terminal commands.

Terminal

ls "`pwd`/file.txt"

echo $(pwd)/file.txt

Replace file.txt with your actual file name.

Press Enter.

answered Mar 24 '16 at 6:12

Mowzer

4873917

answered Mar 24 '16 at 6:12

Mowzer

4873917

answered Mar 24 '16 at 6:12

Mowzer

4873917

answered Mar 24 '16 at 6:12

Mowzer

4873917

add a comment |

You can also use the "find" command for listing all files with complete path:

find DirectoryName -type f

or just the following:

find . -type f

answered Jan 22 '18 at 10:07

Mireia

291

This does not return the absolute path (which seems to be what OP was looking for)

– Ad N
Nov 8 '18 at 14:56

add a comment |

You can also use the "find" command for listing all files with complete path:

find DirectoryName -type f

or just the following:

find . -type f

answered Jan 22 '18 at 10:07

Mireia

291

This does not return the absolute path (which seems to be what OP was looking for)

– Ad N
Nov 8 '18 at 14:56

add a comment |

You can also use the "find" command for listing all files with complete path:

find DirectoryName -type f

or just the following:

find . -type f

answered Jan 22 '18 at 10:07

Mireia

291

You can also use the "find" command for listing all files with complete path:

find DirectoryName -type f

or just the following:

find . -type f

answered Jan 22 '18 at 10:07

Mireia

291

answered Jan 22 '18 at 10:07

Mireia

291

answered Jan 22 '18 at 10:07

Mireia

291

answered Jan 22 '18 at 10:07

Mireia

291

This does not return the absolute path (which seems to be what OP was looking for)

– Ad N
Nov 8 '18 at 14:56

add a comment |

This does not return the absolute path (which seems to be what OP was looking for)

– Ad N
Nov 8 '18 at 14:56

This does not return the absolute path (which seems to be what OP was looking for)

– Ad N
Nov 8 '18 at 14:56

add a comment |

Didn't like any of the given solutions so I made up my own based off of https://stackoverflow.com/a/22684652/953327

Create alias which simply is a function call that combines pwd and ls $1. You can then add this to your .bash_profile if you choose.

alias lsf='function _lsf(){ echo "$(pwd)/$(ls $1)"; };_lsf'

Example of use:

lsf registry.lock

-> /tmp/registry.lock

I chose lsf for "list full" or "list file", makes sense to me but feel free to modify.

answered Jan 25 at 1:03

FGreg

1508

add a comment |

Didn't like any of the given solutions so I made up my own based off of https://stackoverflow.com/a/22684652/953327

Create alias which simply is a function call that combines pwd and ls $1. You can then add this to your .bash_profile if you choose.

alias lsf='function _lsf(){ echo "$(pwd)/$(ls $1)"; };_lsf'

Example of use:

lsf registry.lock

-> /tmp/registry.lock

I chose lsf for "list full" or "list file", makes sense to me but feel free to modify.

answered Jan 25 at 1:03

FGreg

1508

add a comment |

Didn't like any of the given solutions so I made up my own based off of https://stackoverflow.com/a/22684652/953327

Create alias which simply is a function call that combines pwd and ls $1. You can then add this to your .bash_profile if you choose.

alias lsf='function _lsf(){ echo "$(pwd)/$(ls $1)"; };_lsf'

Example of use:

lsf registry.lock

-> /tmp/registry.lock

I chose lsf for "list full" or "list file", makes sense to me but feel free to modify.

answered Jan 25 at 1:03

FGreg

1508

Didn't like any of the given solutions so I made up my own based off of https://stackoverflow.com/a/22684652/953327

Create alias which simply is a function call that combines pwd and ls $1. You can then add this to your .bash_profile if you choose.

alias lsf='function _lsf(){ echo "$(pwd)/$(ls $1)"; };_lsf'

Example of use:

lsf registry.lock

-> /tmp/registry.lock

I chose lsf for "list full" or "list file", makes sense to me but feel free to modify.

answered Jan 25 at 1:03

FGreg

1508

answered Jan 25 at 1:03

FGreg

1508

answered Jan 25 at 1:03

FGreg

1508

answered Jan 25 at 1:03

FGreg

1508

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The following will find a file within the working directory that matches file.txt and return its absolute path

find `pwd` -name file.txt

answered Feb 7 at 0:12

mark

331313

add a comment |

The following will find a file within the working directory that matches file.txt and return its absolute path

find `pwd` -name file.txt

answered Feb 7 at 0:12

mark

331313

add a comment |

The following will find a file within the working directory that matches file.txt and return its absolute path

find `pwd` -name file.txt

answered Feb 7 at 0:12

mark

331313

The following will find a file within the working directory that matches file.txt and return its absolute path

find `pwd` -name file.txt

answered Feb 7 at 0:12

mark

331313

answered Feb 7 at 0:12

mark

331313

answered Feb 7 at 0:12

mark

331313

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