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1. Name

pwd [man page] - print name of current/working directory

2. Synopsis

pwd [OPTION] 

3. Examples

Pwd linux command prints name of current/working directory.

pwd 

pwd prints name of current/working directory
Alternative to the pwd command could be dirs which prints the same output:

dirs -l 

dirs prints name of current/working directory

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