#!/usr/bin/env fish # parent prints the parent script's filename function parent set -f trace (status stack-trace) # By index: # 1: in command substitution # 2: parent.fish line # 3: in function 'parent' # 4: caller import line # 5: in command substitution # 6: caller "parent" invokation line # 7: in function calling parent # 8: jackpot! here's the parent of the caller set -f parent_line $trace[8] set -f parent_split (string split 'of file' $parent_line) set -f parent (string trim $parent_split[2]) # Clean up the parent a lil bit set -f parent (realpath (string replace '~' "$HOME" $parent)) set -f parent_parts (string split '/' $parent) set -f parent (string join '/' $parent_parts[-1]) # remove .fish suffix set -f parent (string replace '.fish' '' $parent) echo $parent end