scottnunemacher/get-parent-directory.sh

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Getting the parent of a directory from bash variable

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get-parent-directory.sh

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	# From: https://stackoverflow.com/a/42956288
	# example: dir=/home/smith/Desktop/Test
	parentdir=$(builtin cd $dir; pwd)

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