The "pwd" Command
July 19, 1998
Relative paths are pretty useful,
but how do you know where you are in order to
determine the relative location of something you
want to access?
Well, UNIX provides the "pwd" utility
just for this purpose. The "pwd" utility lets you know in
which directory you currently are. In the following
example we have used the pwd utility.
You can see that the result was "/home/selena" which
means that we are located in the selena directory which is a
subdirectory of home which is located in the root directory
itself.
![[LOGIN PROMPT]](Images/pwd.gif)
Below is a table that goes over the pwd
utility in detail.
| Syntax |
Options |
Example |
Description |
| pwd |
None |
pwd |
Returns the present working directory |
Okay, now that you know how to login
from yesterday, why not do so and then use the pwd utility
to find out where you are placed. Most likely, you will
be placed in your home directory perhaps
"/usr/home/yourlogin".
Additional Resources:
Relative and Absolute Paths
Introduction to UNIX for Web Developers | Table of Contents
The "cd" Command
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