pwd(1) — Commands
NAME
pwd − Displays the pathname of the current working directory
SYNOPSIS
pwd
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:
pwd: XPG4, XPG4−UNIX
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.
FLAGS
None
PARAMETERS
None
DESCRIPTION
The pwd command writes to standard output the full pathname of your current working directory. All directories are separated by a / (slash). The first / represents the root directory and the last directory named is your current working directory.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of pwd:
LANGProvides a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value from the default locale is used. If any of the internationalization variables contain an invalid setting, the utility behaves as if none of the variables had been defined.
LC_ALLIf set to a non-empty string value, overrides the values of all the other internationalization variables.
LC_MESSAGESDetermines the locale for the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error.
NLSPATHDetermines the location of message catalogues for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.
EXIT VALUES
The following exit values are returned:
0Successful completion
>0An error occurred
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: cd(1), csh(1), ksh(1), Bourne shell sh(1b), POSIX shell sh(1p)