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PWD(1) BSD General Commands Manual PWD(1) NAME pwd -- return working directory name SYNOPSIS pwd [-L | -P] DESCRIPTION The pwd utility writes the absolute pathname of the current working di- rectory to the standard output. Some shells may provide a builtin pwd command which is similar or identi- cal to this utility. Consult the builtin(1) manual page. 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. DIAGNOSTICS The pwd utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. STANDARDS The pwd utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 ("POSIX.1"). SEE ALSO builtin(1), cd(1), csh(1), sh(1), getcwd(3) 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 de- scended into it. The -L option does not work unless the PWD environment variable is ex- ported by the shell. BSD April 12, 2003 BSD
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