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Pwd alias hell

• deleted 11y ago
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• lokedhs 11y ago
  This is purely the cause of the shell having a builtin pwd command that displays a path that is consistent with the argument to the "cd" command that was typed to enter the directory, not the actual path you're in. The shell does this to provide a consistent view for the user when following symlinks. You can always type /bin/pwd to avoid this and you'll always get the correct path.
  • hrjet 11y ago
    > You can always type /bin/pwd to avoid this and you'll always get the correct path. Yes, but it affects other programs as well. See the `cat myFile` example in the gist.