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Small EXAMPLES section. Add reference to realpath(1) due to similarity. Approved by: manpages (gbe@) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D26862
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.\" @(#)pwd.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd October 24, 2020
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.Dt PWD 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pwd
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.Nd return working directory name
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl L | P
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility writes the absolute pathname of the current working directory to
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the standard output.
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.Pp
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Some shells may provide a builtin
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.Nm
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command which is similar or identical to this utility.
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Consult the
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.Xr builtin 1
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manual page.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl L
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Display the logical current working directory.
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.It Fl P
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Display the physical current working directory (all symbolic links resolved).
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.El
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.Pp
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If no options are specified, the
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.Fl P
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option is assumed.
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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Environment variables used by
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.Nm :
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.Bl -tag -width ".Ev PWD"
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.It Ev PWD
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Logical current working directory.
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.El
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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.Ex -std
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Show current working directory with symbolic links resolved:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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$ /bin/pwd
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/usr/home/fernape
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Show the logical current directory.
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Then use
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.Xr file 1
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to inspect the
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.Pa /home
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directory:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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$ /bin/pwd -L
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/home/fernape
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$ file /home
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/home: symbolic link to usr/home
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr builtin 1 ,
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.Xr cd 1 ,
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.Xr csh 1 ,
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.Xr realpath 1 ,
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.Xr sh 1 ,
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.Xr getcwd 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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utility conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-2001 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.At v5 .
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.Sh BUGS
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In
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.Xr csh 1
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the command
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.Ic dirs
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is always faster because it is built into that shell.
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However, it can give a different answer in the rare case
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that the current directory or a containing directory was moved after
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the shell descended into it.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl L
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option does not work unless the
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.Ev PWD
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environment variable is exported by the shell.
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