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
resolve all symlinks
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
If no option is specified, -P is assumed.
Your shell may have its own version of pwd, which usually supersedes
the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
for details about the options it supports.
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
GPL version 3 or later <https://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)
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pwd>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pwd invocation'
GNU coreutils 9.10 March 2026 pwd(1)
coreutils 9.10 - Generated Thu Apr 2 15:49:44 CDT 2026