Friday, February 14, 2014

Linux / UNIX: Print Current Working Directory with pwd command

Q. How do I display the absolute path to the current working directory under Linux or UNIX operating system?
A. The pwd command displays the absolute pathname of the current working directory to the computer screen.

Print name of current/working directory

Type pwd command:
pwd
Output:
/home/vivek
Above command print the full filename of the current working directory i.e /home/vivek.

Display actual directory location

Use -P option to display the physical current working directory (all symbolic links resolved). For example, /home/lighttpd is /var/www/root/lighttpd:
cd /home/lighttpd
pwd

Output:
/home/lighttpd
Now run with -P option
pwd -P
Output:
/var/www/root/lighttpd

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