The UNIX pwd command - Print Working Directory Oracle Tips by Burleson Consulting

The UNIX pwd command

The pwd command is short for Print Working Directory, and it tells you where you are located in the UNIX tree structure. For example, below we issue the pwd command to see our current directory:

root>pwd
/export/home/oracle

The pwd command is very important, and many Oracle professionals place the pwd command in their command prompt so they always know their current directory. This is done by setting the UNIX PS1 system variable:

PS1="
`hostname`*\${ORACLE_SID}-\${PWD}
>"
export PS1

Now the UNIX prompt will change to always show us our hostname, the $ORACLE_SID and the current working directory:

cheops*testsid-/u01/app/oracle/admin/testsid/pfile
>pwd
/u01/app/oracle/admin/testsid/pfile

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