PWD
Logical current working directory.
pwd1
Return working directory name
Usage
pwd [{-L | -P}]
Overview
The pwd utility writes the absolute pathname of the current working directory to the standard output.
Some shells may provide a builtin pwd command which is similar or identical to this utility. Consult the builtin(1) manual page.
The options are as follows:
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-L -
Display the logical current working directory.
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-P -
Display the physical current working directory (all symbolic links resolved).
If no options are specified, the -L option is assumed.
Environment
Environment variables used by pwd:
Exit status
The pwd 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
Releases
87 releases since FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE; the text changed 53 times.
- 2.0.5
- 2.1.5–2.1.7.1
- 2.2.2–2.2.6
- 2.2.7–2.2.8
- 2.2.9
- 3.0–3.1
- 3.2
- 3.3–3.4
- 3.5–3.5.1
- 4.0–4.2
- 4.3
- 4.4–4.6.2
- 4.7–4.11
- 5.0
- 5.1–5.2.1
- 5.3–5.5
- 6.0–6.3
- 6.4
- 7.0
- 7.1
- 7.2
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 8.0
- 8.1
- 8.2
- 8.3
- 8.4
- 9.0
- 9.1
- 9.2
- 9.3
- 10.0
- 10.1
- 10.2
- 10.3
- 10.4
- 11.0
- 11.1
- 11.2
- 11.3
- 11.4
- 12.0
- 12.1
- 12.2
- 12.3
- 12.4
- 13.0–13.2
- 13.3–13.5
- 14.0–14.4
- 14.5
- 15.0
- 15.1
- 16.0
-L since FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE;
-P since FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE.