PWD(1)

📦 version 1.053, in alpine 3.24

🎀 pwd(1) — bestie, where even ARE we 🎀

okay so real talk, this one lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section of the manual, and it is genuinely the simplest little icon in the whole toolchain. no cap. let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

pwd — working directory name 💅

like, the name of the working directory. that's the whole job.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

pwd

that's it. that's the synopsis. no flags, no arguments, no drama. she's lowkey minimal and she knows it 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so Pwd prints the pathname of the working (current) directory. that's the entire vibe. you run it, she tells you where you're standing, done. main character energy: zero notes, zero elaboration 🫶

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

pwd takes no options.

not "a few options." not "some options." no options. if you were about to type a dash and a letter, bestie, put the dash down 😭 she is not accepting applications.

🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

the working of pwd is not influenced by any environment variables.

not a single one. none of them. your environment is literally not invited to this party 🙈

💀 BUGS 💀

pwd has no known bugs.

genuinely iconic. flawless behaviour. we love a program that just works ✨👑

👑 AUTHOR 👑

the Perl implementation of pwd was written by Kevin Meltzer, perlguy@perlguy.com.

give him his flowers 💐 fr fr.

this program is copyright by Kevin Meltzer 1999.

this program is free and open software. you may use, modify, distribute and sell this program (and any modified variants) in any way you wish, provided you do not restrict others to do the same.

translation bestie: go off, do whatever, just don't be the person who locks the door behind them. that's the one rule 💜

and that's the whole page 🎀 this gem shipped as part of perl v5.42.2, dated 2026-02-15 — mwah, see u in the next manpage 💖🦋💅

📦 where this page comes from