Displaying the name of your working directory

To check on the name of the directory you are currently working in, just enter the pwd command (print working directory).

If Alice Smith is working in her home directory, for example, the system displays the name of her working directory in this form:

/u/smitha

/u/smitha is the pathname of her working directory.

If Alice Smith enters the command cd projecta, the projecta subdirectory of her home directory becomes her working directory. If she issues the pwd command, it displays:

/u/smitha/projecta

Note: A directory name can be specified in two ways, with or without a trailing slash; for example:

/u/smitha/projecta
/u/smitha/projecta/

In this topic, a trailing slash is not used.