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layout: page
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category-page: fs
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category-title: FileSystem
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tags: working directory current position where
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author: Mirko Ponzio
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title: pwd
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---
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<p>
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The command <code>pwd</code>(abbreviation of print working directory, it returns the
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corrent directory) it is a command of the operation system Unix and Unix-like,
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and in general of the systems POSIX, that show on the standard output the
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absolute pathname on the corrent directory.<br>
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Since a command line interface cannot provide graphic pictures of the file
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system structure, it must have a different way of representing it.<br>
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Think of the file system tree as a maze, and you are standing in it. At any
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given moment, you are located in a single directory.<br>
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Inside that directory, you can see its files and the pathway to its parent
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directory and the pathways to the subdirectories of the directory in which you
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are standing.<br>
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The working directory is the directory where you are standing in. So for
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knowing where you are, you must use the pwd command.<br><br>
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<h3>Flags</h3>
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<ul>
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<li> -L : Display the logical current working directory.</li>
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<li>-P : Display the physical current working directory (all symbolic
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links resolved).</li>
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</ul>
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If no options are specified, the -L option is assumed.
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</p>
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