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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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) 2010 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 8.5 February 2011 PWD(1)
Hi,
We all know that pwd (or echo $PWD) gives us the present working dir as output.... but my doubt is that I'ld like to know how to get the present working folder - I mean - name of the current folder alone.. using pwd command I get the full folder name (right from root path)... I need to know... (2 Replies)
Hi there, this is a very simple question.
When I do grep -c "PWD" filename, I get 5. This means the filename contains 5 lines of "PWD" occurence.
I tried to assign to a variable. int= grep -c "PWD" filename
When I typed echo $int
The output:
5
I get an empty line space. Now I... (1 Reply)
I have entry in the my .profile like below, but still i see $PWD is not defied in my system
export PS1=$LOGNAME@`hostname`':'$PWD'>'
echo $PWD also gives me nothing, my env list also give no entry for PWD.Can someone help me setting PWD variable.
I use /bin/sh (9 Replies)
Can someone tell me how do i set my current working directory in my prompt?
Note: I dont want to use env variable PWD and using `pwd` gives me only my home directoy. suggest a different way ?
I use /bin/sh
thanks!! (3 Replies)
Hi all,
I have a script with those two lines :
test -f $PWD/mysetup.txt
. $PWD/mysetup.txt
I understand the first one, but could anyone explain me the role of the second one? All the thing I find is the usage :
Thx in advance (3 Replies)
Hi, I've read many many threads and I'm still having problems (yes i read https://www.unix.com/answers-frequently-asked-questions/13527-cron-crontab.html and it's suggested posts too).
My problem is with the $PWD, yes, that's the only causing problems so i have exported the PATH, I've checked... (12 Replies)
Im trying to come up with a simple shell script to display info about the current user.`pwd`; `date` ; `who am i`
I want to give the option to save all the data thats display by the commands to a log file. With a timestamp as the name of the file
This is where im stuck
echo "Would you like to... (3 Replies)
Hi,
Can you tell me if there is a command such as pwd which does not give me the absolute NFS pathname i.e. it starts with .autofs? At the moment on the unix when I use the 'pwd' command it always gives me the nfs pathname rather thanthe local pathname of which is what i want, is there an... (4 Replies)
Assume that you want to set your prompt to display the current working directory followed by a percent symbol and then a space. The command pwd can be used to display this information, so explain why the following command does not have the expected result:
set prompt=" `pwd`'%' "
Its a... (7 Replies)
Hi,
Is there a command that tells you right away the current working directory? I know the command "pwd", but that one gives the full path.
if pwd gives me:
/a/b/c/d/ggg/HERE
I want something that will give me:
HERE
Thanks,
Gaurab (13 Replies)
I decided I wanted to have the cd command print my full working directory after each cd command, so I put this cw command in .bashrc as a function.
cw ()
{
cd "${1}"
pwd
}While this works I would like pwd to print escapes when a space in a directory name exists. This would... (7 Replies)
Hi,
can anyone expalin the real importance of PWD as a variable.
However pwd command and $PWD is going to give the same result, then why do we have 2 different things.
Please give some example which illustrates the difference between both.
Thanks (9 Replies)
Hi
i am in learning phase of unix.
i am not able to understand the difference between $PATH and $PWD
below the the output which i am getting .
$ echo $PATH
/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/home/guest/khare/bin
$ echo $PWD
/home/guest/khare... (2 Replies)
hi i just cant figure out how can i do this ls -lt > log.txt using $PWD
what i mean is how can i get the ls command content into a file using $PWD variable? :confused: (4 Replies)
#!/bin/bash
pwd1=`cat 1.ini | grep -w PWD | cut -d'=' -f2` //value is /home/java/Desktop/sh_h
echo the value is `pwd`
pwd2=`cat 2.ini | grep -w PWD | cut -d'=' -f2` //value is /home/unix/Desktop/sh_h
echo the value is $pwd2
if ]
then
echo both are same
else
pwd2=$pwd /* here i want to... (6 Replies)