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Pwd alias hell

https://gist.github.com/hrj/2efd3f8f9b465e01fe09

by hrjet • 11 years ago

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lokedhs• 11 years 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• 11 years 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.

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