pwd command description

pwd means print working directory or show the current directory you are in. It's a shell built-in or internal command. The command is useful specially when you have a logical or symlink in the path.

pwd command syntax

pwd [OPTIONS]

Command with options

There is 2 options :

• -L to revel the logical path if there is. For example, type these commades code in terminal :

# go in tmp and create folder 
cd /tmp
mkdir folder

# make a symlink to folder you created
ln -s folder/ folder1

# go inside folder1
cd folder1

# type command and add this option -L :
pwd -L

In this case the result will be the path to the logical.

• -P to revel the physical path if there is. In the previous example, use this option to get the physical path :

# type command and add this option -P :
pwd -P

In this case the result will be the path to the physical path.

Conclusion

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