Pwd

In Unix-like and some other operating systems the pwd command (print working directory) is used to output the path of the current working directory.

The command is a shell builtin in certain Unix shells such as sh, and bash. It can be implemented easily with the POSIX C functions getcwd() and/or getwd().

The equivalent on DOS (COMMAND.COM) and Microsoft Windows (cmd.exe) is the "cd" command with no arguments. Windows PowerShell provides the equivalent "Get-Location" cmdlet with the standard aliases "gl" and "pwd". The OpenVMS equivalent is "show default".

[edit] Example

$ pwd
/home/foobar

[edit] See also

• List of Unix programs

[edit] References

• pwd: return working directory name – Commands & Utilities Reference, The Single UNIX® Specification, Issue 6 from The Open Group