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1. stackoverflow.com › questions › 6331075Why do you need ./ (dot-slash) before executable or script ...

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   Oct 20, 2016 · It works with ./ because POSIX specifies that a command name that contain a / will be used as a filename directly, suppressing a search in $PATH. You could have used full path for the exact same effect, but ./ is shorter and easier to write.

2. unix.stackexchange.com › questions › 4430command line - Why do we use "./" (dot slash) to execute a ...

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   Mar 15, 2020 · no slash: only use PATH which makes it super easy to always know what you are running, by relying on the fact that files in the current directory can be expressed either as ./somefile or somefile , and so it gives special meaning to one of them.

3. softwareengineering.stackexchange.com › questionsWhy do Windows commands allow `-` and `/` switches?

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   Slashes are Windows's original option syntax and not all windows commands accept the dash-options. With Dir /? you the list of the options for dir. But with . Dir -? you get a file not found-message (tested with Windows XP) (Same with dir -w...).

4. www.linfo.org › dot_slashAbout the Use of Dot-Slash in Commands - LINFO

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   Jul 1, 2007 · The combination of a dot followed directly by a forward slash (./) is often used to precede commands in Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Although this requirement can seem confusing and even tedious to new users, it exists for good reason and can be useful to understand.

5. askubuntu.com › questions › 607413When to use a preceding slash in path names? (e.g. for the ...

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   Apr 10, 2015 · You can use a setting (environment variable) called CDPATH (usually unset), specifically for the cd command. If you add a directory to CDPATH, then you can use a relative path (not starting with . or ..) to it from anywhere with cd.

6. superuser.com › questions › 163515linux - bash: how to pass command line arguments containing ...

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   You can either: Escape each single special symbol with a backslash (as in \[abc\]_\[x\|y\]) or. Double-quote the entire argument (as in "[abc]_[x|y]"). EDIT: As some have pointed out, double-quoting does not prevent variable expansion nor command substitution.

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   Does PowerShell use a slash?

   • Since then, most newer tools from Microsoft, especially around PowerShell and .NET, use dashes for commands, since both PowerShell and .NET are cross-platform now. See also Command line options style - POSIX or what?. The tradition in DOS and Windows is to use a forward slash, as in /a or /extend.

   When implementing command line flags, should I prefix with a

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   What is the difference between a dot and a slash in Unix?

   • In Unix-like operating systems, a single dot is used to represent the current directory in a path (i.e., the location of a file or directory in the filesystem), including those used in commands. Likewise, forward slashes are used to separate directories and files in paths.

   Dot-slash explanation by The Linux Information Project (LINFO)

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   What is a dot followed by a forward slash in Linux?

   • The combination of a dot followed directly by a forward slash (./) is often used to precede commands in Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Although this requirement can seem confusing and even tedious to new users, it exists for good reason and can be useful to understand.

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   What does first slash mean in Java?

   • In /java/ first slash means root dir. But in / there is no java folder There are two ways a path can be specified. Absolute paths always start with a /. This means the starting point of the path specification is fixed. No matter where your current location is, an absolute path will always point to the same location.

   When to use a preceding slash in path names? (e.g. for the 'cd' comman…

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   How do I remove a dot slash from a command?

   • A better alternative if one wants to eliminate the need to precede commands by a dot slash is to create a special directory for the executable files of such commands, and then add this directory to the PATH variable. For example, a user named bob could create a directory named bin in his home directory (i.e., /home/bob/bin/) for this purpose.

   Dot-slash explanation by The Linux Information Project (LINFO)

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   Can a forward slash be used as a directory separator?

   • That are just two of many examples on where a forward slash is used as separator between strings representing directories on file system. But a Windows batch file should be written with using only \ as directory separator in file/folder strings.

   When to use / or \ in Windows CMD? - Stack Overflow

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8. www.baeldung.com › linux › execute-file-using-dot-slashWhy Do We Use ./ (Dot Slash) To Execute a File in Linux

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   Mar 18, 2024 · Slash is the path separator in Linux. We use it to separate the current directory (.) from the file name. Without it, we have .script.sh that denotes a hidden file instead.