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Man PWD

The pwd command prints the name of the current working directory, with options to use logical or physical paths. By default, it assumes the -P option if none is specified. The document also includes information on reporting bugs and copyright details.

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Man PWD

The pwd command prints the name of the current working directory, with options to use logical or physical paths. By default, it assumes the -P option if none is specified. The document also includes information on reporting bugs and copyright details.

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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 re-
fer to your shell’s documentation for details about the options it supports.
AUTHOR
Written by Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@[Link]
GNU coreutils home page: <[Link]
General help using GNU software: <[Link]
Report any translation bugs to <[Link]
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<[Link]
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent per-
mitted by law.
SEE ALSO
getcwd(3)
Full documentation <[Link]
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pwd invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.10 February 2026 1

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