Once you start looking through directories, it is easy to get lost, or
forget the name of your current
directory. Bash, the shell for your Linux system shows,
by default, just your current directory, not the entire path.
To determine the exact location of your current directory within the
filesystem, go to a shell prommt and type the following command:
You should see something like:
This is telling you that you are in the /newuser
directory, which is in your /home directory.
The command pwd stands for print working
directory. When you typed pwd, you were asking
your Linux system, "Where am I?" Your system responded by printing the
directory you are in on the monitor, also known as the standard output.
You will be using pwd often as you look
around. Even Linux experts depend on this command.
