how do i display the path name to the bash shell

how do i display the path name to the bash shell?

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Newbie Poster

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You mean put the current working directory into the prompt "like DOS" ?

Or just type
pwd

Posting Sage

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Or do you mean the full path to the bash binary?

$ which bash
/bin/bash

Posting Whiz in Training

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only thing to remember - if there are space chars in the path, either escape them using '\' or put the path in quotes.

using `find` instead of `ls -A`, is another helpful hint, when iterating through dirs and files with spaces

Posting Virtuoso

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