how to get full path of a unix file
ON MAC:
1. Drag the file from finder to a terminal. Yes, pull it out with some effort and just drop it right there…
2. The full path will magically show up in no time!
ON LINUX
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5265702/how-to-get-full-path-of-a-file According to Stackoverflow, you should do:
readlink -f file.txt
ON BOTH:
find $PWD -iname “*” -maxdepth 1
find $PWD -maxdepth 1