# Fish: get containing folder
[2026-03-11_fish-folder]

Modified: 2026-03-13 @ 00:22:03 (Friday)
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#code #fish #snippet

I think `path` is one of the best things about Fish. Here's a simple function to get the canonical name of the folder something is in.

    function folder
    	if ! isatty stdin
    		cat - | read -at argv
    	end
    	for file in $argv
    		echo (path resolve $file | path dirname | string split '/')[-1]
    	end
    end

Use it like this:

    folder file.ext
    echo file | folder
    folder */*.*
    folder .

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