07. Current working directory (pwd)

Current working directory

Sometimes you will get lost in many directories, with this command you can see where you are.

Use the workspace below the video to practice the commands and remember to practice locally in your computer too.

Ud206 007 Shell P4 - Current Working Directory

Command

  • pwd: Print Working Directory

## Workspace

You can use this workspace to test your commands.

Workspace

This section contains either a workspace (it can be a Jupyter Notebook workspace or an online code editor work space, etc.) and it cannot be automatically downloaded to be generated here. Please access the classroom with your account and manually download the workspace to your local machine. Note that for some courses, Udacity upload the workspace files onto https://github.com/udacity, so you may be able to download them there.

Workspace Information:

  • Default file path:
  • Workspace type: repl
  • Opened files (when workspace is loaded): n/a

Brevity

Why are shell commands so short?
SOLUTION: It makes for less typing.

Recomendation

The Shell commands can be installed or not on your computer if you are using Linux or Mac and you have issues running the commands check the documentation specifically for the Operating System.

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