PWD(1) User Commands PWD(1)
NAME
pwd - print name of current/working directory
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
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.
GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report pwd translation bugs to
<http://translationproject.org/team/>
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent per‐
mitted by law.
SEE ALSO
getcwd(3)
The full documentation for pwd is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and pwd programs are properly
installed at your site, the command
info coreutils 'pwd invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.22 November 2016 PWD(1)
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