Getting the Directory Location with the pwd Command
You might be wondering how to find out exactly where you are after doing many cd commands. Unix has a spiffy little command just for this: pwd (present working directory).
To learn the current directory
Type pwd and press 
.
The complete path to the current directory appears, followed by the shell prompt (Figure 17).
Figure 17. The pwd command displays the complete path to the current directory.
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