How to get relative path from two absolute paths in linux shell?

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We have two paths. First one is directory, second either dir or file.

/a/b/c and /a/d/e.txt

Relative path from first path to second will be: ../../d/e.txt

How to get it in linux terminal?

PS: For those who ask "what is use case?" - creating lots of relative symlinks (just as an example)

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How to get relative path from two absolute paths in linux shell?

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Published on 2010-05-13T03:56:57Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 4:04 UTC
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We have two paths. First one is directory, second either dir or file.

/a/b/c and /a/d/e.txt

Relative path from first path to second will be: ../../d/e.txt

How to get it in linux terminal?

PS: For those who ask "what is use case?" - creating lots of relative symlinks (just as an example)

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