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pwd

PWD(1)								   User Commands							    PWD(1)

NAME

       pwd - print name of current/working directory

SYNOPSIS

       pwd [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

       Print the full filename of the current working directory.

       -L, --logical
	      use PWD from environment, even if it contains symlinks

       -P, --physical
	      avoid all symlinks

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

       NOTE:  your shell may have its own version of pwd, which usually supersedes the version described here.	Please refer to your shell's docu-
       mentation for details about the options it supports.

AUTHOR

       Written by Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report pwd bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report pwd translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       getcwd(3)

       The full documentation for pwd is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and pwd programs are properly installed at  your	site,  the
       command

	      info coreutils 'pwd invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb					  September 2011							    PWD(1)

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