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`pwd` is a shell command for "print working directory". When issued, it prints the path of the current working directory.

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awk change working directory within a script

I want change a working directory in an awk script: ... path="./some/path" system("pwd") ; \ current_dir=system("pwd") ; \ pushd_cmd="pushd " path ; \ # a "cd" doesn't work too print pushd_cmd ; \ system(pushd_cmd) ; \ …
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How to find all symbolic link in PWD which refer to files outside of PWD? unix

i can find all link in dir by command: find . -type l But i need link which only refer to files outside of PWD. Can anybody say how to do it? Thanks.
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Tools built into the shell

I was wondering about tools that are built into the bash shell. For example, type pwd tells me that pwd is built into the shell. whereis pwd /bin/pwd /usr/include/pwd.h /usr/share/man/man1/pwd.1.gz aptitude search pwd does not (seem to) give…
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Is there a clean way to check if a given user exists on a computer through python?

Currently I am using pwd.getpwall(), which shows me the entire password database. But I just want the users accounts of the computer. And with using getpwall() I am unable to do this ... if 'foo' in pwd.getpwall(): do stuff since…
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Docker COPY no such file or directory

Building docker image fails on copy task. No such file or directory. I am using the hello world example from spring Building from openjdk:8-jdk-alpine Run echo ${PWD} prints / Run ls prints a set of normal directories (/usr /var etc) but no project…
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SparkR: source() other R files in an R Script when running spark-submit

I'm new to Spark and newer to R, and am trying to figure out how to 'include' other R-scripts when running spark-submit. Say I have the following R script which "sources" another R script: main.R source("sub/fun.R") mult(4, 2) The second R script…
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Unix: command to strip white space characters

When I do the following unix command: pwd | pbcopy is there something I can add to the command so that the string copied to my clipboard does not have any trailing whitespace? (fyi: The reason I ask is because when I pipe the output to pbcopy, it…
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Make the ssh connection and enter the sudo password fully automatically

I want to make ssh connection automatically and install a packet to the connected machine. I'm able to process the SSH connection automatically. I can even run commands that do not require sudo authorization. But I didn't find a way to automatically…
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How do I create a variable named for the folder that is my current working directory?

I want to create a variable that's value is the name of the folder that I am working in. I can use pwd to see the working directory but I cannot figure out if there is a way to save the pwd output as a variable or better yet make a variable with…
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Platform-independent way to get the user's home directory in C++

Currently, when I want to get the user's home directory in C++, I do: #include const char* get_home_directory() { struct passwd *pw = getpwuid(getuid()); return (pw == nullptr ? nullptr : pw->pw_dir); } but this relies on getpwuid,…
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Odd behaviour of pwd with symlinks in terminal tabs

If I create a symlink through ln -s /path/to/linked/dir current/path/link_name and change the directory to current/path/link_name via cd link_name then I can check where I am using pwd-command. The output will be current/path/link_name But if I…
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Please explain . ./ab_project_setup.ksh $(pwd) statement

Please explain the meaning of this statement . ./ab_project_setup.ksh $(pwd)
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How can I manipulate PWD directly?

I knew that there is a variable PWD which is changed when I type the command cd. But when I try to change it manually the current directory isn't changed. How to manipulate PWD directly?
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Error wihle installing pwd module on windows

I am trying to install "pwd" module using easy_install on windows and running into below error,can anyone help how to fix this error? C:\Dropbox\scripts>easy_install pwd Searching for pwd Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pwd/ Couldn't find…
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shell built in pwd versus /bin/pwd

I would like to know the code implementation of built-in pwd and /bin/pwd especially when the directory path is a symbolic link. Example: hita@hita-laptop:/home$ ls -l lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 2010-06-13 15:35 my_shell ->…
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