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@(#)pwd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
$FreeBSD: stable/10/bin/pwd/pwd.1 307419 2016-10-16 23:13:27Z sevan $
.Dd October 5, 2016 .Dt PWD 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pwd .Nd return working directory name .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl L | P .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility writes the absolute pathname of the current working directory to the standard output.
p Some shells may provide a builtin .Nm command which is similar or identical to this utility. Consult the .Xr builtin 1 manual page.
p The options are as follows: l -tag -width indent t Fl L Display the logical current working directory. t Fl P Display the physical current working directory (all symbolic links resolved). .El
p If no options are specified, the .Fl P option is assumed. .Sh ENVIRONMENT Environment variables used by .Nm : l -tag -width ".Ev PWD" t Ev PWD Logical current working directory. .El .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr builtin 1 , .Xr cd 1 , .Xr csh 1 , .Xr sh 1 , .Xr getcwd 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Nm utility conforms to .St -p1003.1-2001 . .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command appeared in .At v5 . .Sh BUGS In .Xr csh 1 the command c dirs is always faster because it is built into that shell. However, it can give a different answer in the rare case that the current directory or a containing directory was moved after the shell descended into it.
p The .Fl L option does not work unless the .Ev PWD environment variable is exported by the shell.