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.\" $NetBSD: pwd.1,v 1.21 2002/10/02 09:57:14 wiz Exp $
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.\" @(#)pwd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
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.Dd November 2, 1998
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.Dt PWD 1
.Os
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.Sh NAME
.Nm pwd
.Nd return working directory name
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
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.Op Fl LP
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
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writes the absolute pathname of the current working directory to
the standard output.
.Pp
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The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl L
Print the logical path to the current working directory, as indicated
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by the shell in the environment variable
.Ev PWD ,
if possible.
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.It Fl P
Print the physical path to the current working directory, with symbolic
links in the path resolved.
This is the default.
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.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
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The
.Nm
utility exits 0 on success, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurs.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cd 1 ,
.Xr csh 1 ,
.Xr getcwd 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility is expected to be conforming to
.St -p1003.2 .
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The options are extensions to the standard.
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.Sh BUGS
In
.Xr csh 1
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the command
.Ic dirs
is always faster (although it can give a different answer in the rare case
that the current directory or a containing directory was moved after
the shell descended into it).