PWD (path)

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`PWD` (path)

Current working directory

Description

PWD is an environmental variable containing the current working directory.

It is updated via cd however you can overwrite its value manually via export.

Synonyms

pwd
PWD

See Also

PWDHIST (json): History of each change to the sessions working directory
cd: Change (working) directory
export: Define an environmental variable and set it's value
path: Structured object for working with file and directory paths

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