PWD(1)

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version 9.12 · 46 versions
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💖 PWD(1) — User Commands 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for pwd, your absolute ride-or-die for "where even am I right now" 💅 this is the GNU coreutils version, and she's iconic, no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

pwd — print name of current/working directory

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pwd [OPTION]...

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Print the full filename of the current working directory. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly every single time 😌

  • -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. so like, physical is the default vibe unless you say otherwise, periodt.

Your shell may have its own version of pwd, which usually supersedes the version described here. fr fr, your shell is out here being the main character — please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports. iykyk 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Jim Meyering. king behavior honestly 💜

🎀 REPORTING BUGS 🎀

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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. 😭 literally zero warranty bestie, none, nada, don't come for her.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/pwd> or available locally via: info '(coreutils) pwd invocation'

that's the whole page, bestie! this one came from GNU coreutils 9.12, dated September 2026, and yes, the section header up top really does say PWD(1) like the icon she is 🫶✨ mwah, go find out where you are 💖

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