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1.\" $NetBSD: pwd.1,v 1.12 1997/09/14 08:51:38 lukem Exp $
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37.\" @(#)pwd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
38.\"
39.Dd November 2, 1998
40.Dt PWD 1
41.Os BSD 4
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm pwd
44.Nd return working directory name
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.Nm
47.Op Fl LP
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49.Nm
50writes the absolute pathname of the current working directory to
51the standard output.
52.Pp
53The
54.Nm
55utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
56.Pp
57The following options are available:
58.Bl -tag -width indent
59.It Fl L
60Print the logical path to the current working directory, as defined
c0fcf4e1 61by the shell in the environment variable PWD.
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62.It Fl P
63Print the physical path to the current working directory, with symbolic
64links in the path resolved. This is the default.
65.El
66.Sh STANDARDS
67The
68.Nm
69utility is expected to be
70.St -p1003.2
71compatible.
72.Sh SEE ALSO
73.Xr cd 1 ,
74.Xr csh 1 ,
75.Xr getcwd 3
76.Sh BUGS
77In
78.Xr csh 1
79the command
80.Ic dirs
81is always faster (although it can give a different answer in the rare case
82that the current directory or a containing directory was moved after
83the shell descended into it).