pwd

Examples (TL;DR)

• Print the current directory: pwd
• Print the current directory, and resolve all symlinks (i.e. show the "physical" path): pwd -P

tldr.sh

Synopsis

pwd [OPTION]...

Description

Print the full filename of the current working directory.

-L, --logical

use PWD from environment, even if it contains symlinks

-P, --physical

avoid all symlinks

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

If no option is specified, -P is assumed.

NOTE: your shell may have its own version of pwd, which usually supersedes the version described here.  Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

Author

Written by Jim Meyering.

Reporting Bugs

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Copyright

Copyright © 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

See Also

getcwd(3)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pwd>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pwd invocation'

Referenced By

debc(1), debchange(1), debclean(1), debi(1), debrelease(1), debuild(1), getcwd(3), gtkwave(1), iftab(5), indxbib(1), pawd(1), PMDA(3), prwd(1), prwdrc(5), uscan(1).