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 de-
tails about the options it supports.
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL
version 3 or later .
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
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pwd invocation'
GNU coreutils 9.11 April 2026 PWD(1)