The pwd Command

Introduction

The pwd command stands for 'print working directory', and that's just what it does. pwd prints the current active directory to standard out (STDOUT). Before you issue an ' rm *.txt ', it's a good idea to use pwd to make sure you're in the right directory, rather than deleting all the text files in the wrong directory.

Format: It doesn't get much easier than this:

Example

General usage: The pwd command at its finest:

pwd 

/home/webadmin/texts