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Pwd

As explained in Build Applications with Local AI Models on a Mac

A command that prints the path of the current working directory.

Use `pwd` in the terminal to display your current location in the filesystem. The name means “print working directory”; here, “print” means show on screen, and a directory is a folder. section 1.7.1

/Users/yourname

A home-directory path example; read it as an address showing where the folder sits in the filesystem. section 1.7.1

How Build Applications with Local AI Models on a Mac covers it

How deep it goes
Defines the command and explains its output as a filesystem address, without covering command options or internals.
Examples
Shows pwd displaying a home-directory path and compares its components to a building and apartment address.
What it assumes
Defines directory as a file folder and clarifies that print means display on screen.
What you can do after
Operate the terminal by displaying and interpreting the current filesystem location.
How it connects
Pairs pwd with ls, cd, and mkdir as essential filesystem-navigation commands.

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