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 super-
sedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's docu-
mentation for details about the options it supports.
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report pwd bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later .
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)
The full documentation for pwd is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the info and pwd programs are properly installed at your site, the com-
mand
info coreutils 'pwd invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 7.2 March 2009 PWD(1)