pwd
GPLv3+ Plan 9: MIT License |
In
Implementations
functionsgetcwd() or getwd().
It is also available in the operating systems
cmdlet
with the standard aliases gl and pwd.
On Windows CE 5.0, the cmd.exe Command Processor Shell includes the pwd command.[16]
pwd as found on Unix systems is part of the
coreutils was written by Jim Meyering.[19]
The numerical computing environments MATLAB and GNU Octave include a pwd
function with similar functionality.[20][21] The OpenVMS equivalent is show default.
*nix examples
Command |
Explanation |
|---|---|
pwd |
Display the current working directory. Example: /home/foobar |
pwd -P |
Display the current working directory physical path - without symbolic link name, if any. Example: If standing in a dir /home/symlinked, that is a symlink to /home/realdir, this would show /home/realdir |
pwd -L |
Display the current working directory logical path - with symbolic link name, if any. Example: If standing in a dir /home/symlinked, that is a symlink to /home/realdir, this would show /home/symlinked |
Note: POSIX requires that the default behavior be as if the -L switch were provided.
Working directory shell variables
POSIX shells set the following environment variables while using the cd command:[22]
- OLDPWD
- The previous working directory (as set by the cd command).
- PWD
- The current working directory (as set by the cd command).
See also
- Breadcrumb (navigation), an alternative way of displaying the work directory
- List of GNU Core Utilities commands
- List of Unix commands
pushdandpopd
References
- ^ "pwd(1) [minix man page]". www.unix.com.
- ^ "pwd - print name of current/working directory - man page". www.mankier.com.
- ^ "GNU Coreutils". www.gnu.org.
- Bell labs. January 1979. p. 142. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2005-05-20.
- ^ "pwd(1) [plan9 man page]". www.unix.com.
- ^ "pwd". pubs.opengroup.org.
- ^ "pwd(1) [osf1 man page]". www.unix.com.
- ^ "Apple OS X MAN page".
- ^ "pwd(1) - OpenBSD manual pages". man.openbsd.org.
- ^ "pwd(1) [opensolaris man page]". www.unix.com.
- ^ "working_dir, wd, print_wdir, pwd (Multics help segment)". MIT. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Van Vleck, Tom. "Unix and Multics". Multicians.org. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "SpartaDOS X 4.48 User Guide" (PDF).
- ^ "Chris's Acorns: Panos". chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk.
- ^ "Shell - KolibriOS wiki". wiki.kolibrios.org.
- ^ "Command Processor Commands (Windows CE 5.0)". docs.microsoft.com.
- The Single UNIX Specification, Version 4 from The Open Group
- ^ – FreeBSD General Commands Manual
- ^ – Linux User Manual – User Commands
- ^ "Identify current folder - MATLAB pwd". www.mathworks.com.
- ^ "Function Reference: pwd". octave.sourceforge.io.
- ^ "cd". pubs.opengroup.org.
Further reading
- McElhearn, Kirk (2006). The Mac OS X Command Line: Unix Under the Hood. ISBN 978-0470113851.
External links
The Wikibook Guide to Unix has a page on the topic of: Commands
- – Shell and Utilities Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 4 from The Open Group
- – FreeBSD General Commands Manual
- – NetBSD General Commands Manual
- – OpenBSD General Commands Manual
- – Solaris 11.4 User Commands Reference Manual
- – Linux User Manual – User Commands
- – Plan 9 Programmer's Manual, Volume 1
- – Inferno General commands Manual
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