Manual Pages — PWD

The options are as follows:

-L

Display the logical current working directory.

-P

Display the physical current working directory (all symbolic links resolved).

If no options are specified, the -P option is assumed.

ENVIRONMENT

Environment variables used by pwd:

PWD

Logical current working directory.

EXIT STATUS

The utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES

Show current working directory with symbolic links resolved:

$ /bin/pwd
/usr/src/sys/kern

Show the logical current directory. Then use file(1) to inspect the /sys directory:

$ /bin/pwd -L
/sys/kern
$ file /sys
/sys: symbolic link to usr/src/sys

STANDARDS

The pwd utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 ("POSIX.1").

HISTORY

The pwd command appeared in AT&T v5 .

BUGS

In csh(1) the command dirs is always faster because it is built into that shell. However, it can give a different answer in the rare case that the current directory or a containing directory was moved after the shell descended into it.

The -L option does not work unless the PWD environment variable is exported by the shell.

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May 22, 2023

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-L
	Display the logical current working directory.
-P
	Display the physical current working directory (all symbolic links resolved).

Manual Pages — PWD

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