# Linux commands: pwd

> Learn how the Linux pwd command prints your current working directory, so you always know exactly where you are in the filesystem when you feel lost.

Author: [Flavio Copes](https://flaviocopes.com/about/) | Published: 2020-08-26 | Topics: [CLI](https://flaviocopes.com/tags/cli/) | Canonical: https://flaviocopes.com/linux-command-pwd/

Whenever you feel lost in the filesystem, call the `pwd` command to know where you are:

```bash
pwd
```

It will print the current folder path.

> This command works on Linux, macOS, WSL, and anywhere you have a UNIX environment