commandline session
$pwd
/home/jeffrin/playground
$which pwd
/bin/pwd
$
$/bin/pwd
/home/jeffrin/playground
$/bin/pwd -P
/home/jeffrin/playground
$pwd -P
/home/jeffrin/playground
$help pwd
pwd: pwd [-LP]
Print the name of the current working directory.
Options:
-L print the value of $PWD if it names the current working
directory
-P print the physical directory, without any symbolic links
By default, `pwd' behaves as if `-L' were specified.
Exit Status:
Returns 0 unless an invalid option is given or the current directory
cannot be read.
$mkdir direct
$ln -s direct/ directlink
$pwd
/home/jeffrin/playground
$cd direct
$pwd
/home/jeffrin/playground/direct
$pwd -P
/home/jeffrin/playground/direct
$/bin/pwd
/home/jeffrin/playground/direct
$/bin/pwd -P
/home/jeffrin/playground/direct
$cd ..
$cd directlink
$pwd
/home/jeffrin/playground/directlink
$pwd -P
/home/jeffrin/playground/direct
$/bin/pwd
/home/jeffrin/playground/direct
$/bin/pwd -P
/home/jeffrin/playground/direct
$/bin/pwd --help
Usage: /bin/pwd [OPTION]...
Print the full filename of the current working directory.
-L, --logical use PWD from environment, even if it contains symlinks
-P, --physical avoid all symlinks
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of pwd, which usually supersedes
the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
for details about the options it supports.
Report pwd bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page:
General help using GNU software:
For complete documentation, run: info coreutils 'pwd invocation'
$pwd --help
bash: pwd: --: invalid option
pwd: usage: pwd [-LP]
$
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