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 usu-
ally 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
Report pwd bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page:
General help using GNU software:
Report pwd translation bugs to
COPYRIGHT
Copyright c 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License
GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistri-
bute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted 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
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info coreutils pwd invocation
should give you access to the complete manual.
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