How do you find path of a directory? Give its syntax.

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How do you find path of a directory? Give its syntax...

Answer / jiji

Type pwd at the prompt

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How do you find path of a directory? Give its syntax...

Answer / mangai

In command prompt,type pwd

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How do you find path of a directory? Give its syntax...

Answer / manikantan t s

go to the directory and give 'pwd'

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How do you find path of a directory? Give its syntax...

Answer / rohit

find . -name <name of the directory you want to serach>

pwd as mentioned in rest of the answer give you the path of
the directory where the user is currently present
echo $PATH gives you the the path only when the PATH
variable is set as environment variable..but it will be
fixed.

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How do you find path of a directory? Give its syntax...

Answer / srikant

locate <dirname>

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How do you find path of a directory? Give its syntax...

Answer / rao

find . -type d -print

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How do you find path of a directory? Give its syntax...

Answer / chandra (acs)

$ echo $PATH

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