The PWD command really stands for:

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by cdarke (Prior) on Feb 08, 2007 at 14:38 UTC
PWD means you have Caps Lock on. The command is pwd, or maybe your mean the shell variable PWD (Poor Wabbit Dead)?	[reply]
Re^2: The PWD command really stands for: by tubaandy (Deacon) on Feb 08, 2007 at 17:29 UTC
<elmer fudd voice> Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit! </elmer fudd voice> tubaandy	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 08, 2007 at 06:20 UTC
Something recursive? PWD Will Dominate PWD Won't Do PWD Will Display	[reply]
Re^2: The PWD command really stands for: by wolfger (Deacon) on Feb 08, 2007 at 18:51 UTC
It stands for PWD WD D -- Random Synapse Firing	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: The PWD command really stands for: by fenLisesi (Priest) on Feb 12, 2007 at 12:11 UTC
No, no, you are using the wrong shift register. Surely, the answer is PWD WDP DPW.	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by rinceWind (Monsignor) on Feb 08, 2007 at 17:50 UTC
Polls Will Distract -- Oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ? My friends all rate Windows, I must disagree. Your powers of persuasion will set them all free, So oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ? (Missquoting Janis Joplin)	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by defyance (Curate) on Feb 08, 2007 at 06:54 UTC
If PerlMonks goes one year without a paco reference, so help me I will clean out my perlmonks desk.. 7 years later and it's still not old! -- P.S. This is what the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated.. -- Mitch Hedberg	[reply]
Re^2: The PWD command really stands for: by grinder (Bishop) on Feb 08, 2007 at 09:29 UTC
Call me a curmudgeon, but I find it old, and tired. It could be worse I guess, people could still be going on about CowboyNeal. • another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by tbone1 (Monsignor) on Feb 08, 2007 at 13:52 UTC
Professional Worm Drowner (Well, I never actually catch fish, so I don't know if you could call me a fisherman ...) -- tbone1, YAPS (Yet Another Perl Schlub) And remember, if he succeeds, so what. - Chick McGee	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by kwaping (Priest) on Feb 09, 2007 at 16:07 UTC
Penguin will dominate (for you linux people) And in haiku-ish format: `Pretty wild daughter, Pandemonium will develop. Pregnant: who's daddy?` [download] --- It's all fine and dandy until someone has to look at the code.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: The PWD command really stands for: by shmem (Chancellor) on Feb 09, 2007 at 16:36 UTC
hmm... "forking child as a daemon"... kwaping++ print; wait; die	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by Old_Gray_Bear (Bishop) on Feb 08, 2007 at 16:41 UTC
Polymorphic Words Disconcert Perl Will Do Pseudonymous Wormwood Drinker (Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder) ---- I Go Back to Sleep, Now. OGB	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by thaigrrl (Monk) on Feb 08, 2007 at 18:18 UTC
present working directory	[reply]
Re^2: The PWD command really stands for: by eric256 (Parson) on Feb 08, 2007 at 18:57 UTC
This made me think of "present working district"...a girls gotta do... ___________ Eric Hodges	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by wolfger (Deacon) on Feb 08, 2007 at 18:56 UTC
If I told you, I'd have to kill you. Well... alright, I wouldn't have to, but I'd want to. Okay, okay... telling you wouldn't make me want to kill you, but I do want to kill somebody right now, and this is as good an excuse as any. -- Random Synapse Firing	[reply] [d/l]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by DrHyde (Prior) on Feb 08, 2007 at 09:38 UTC
Please wank discretely	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by fraktalisman (Hermit) on Feb 08, 2007 at 11:22 UTC
Peace Will Dominate :) Finally, a new mantra for Unix users. Thanks for the inspiration! _{fraktalisman keeps rolling}	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by buff3r (Scribe) on Feb 08, 2007 at 13:58 UTC
Practical Wording Dromedary buff3r	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by lowphive (Monk) on Feb 08, 2007 at 17:14 UTC
put windows down? plainly wild decorum? people want documentation? perl women? divine. perl? wild dilemma.	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by lin0 (Curate) on Feb 08, 2007 at 18:18 UTC
Phil Wally Dilbert Proud Working Developer Passionate Without Doubt	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by zerogeek (Monk) on Feb 08, 2007 at 13:40 UTC
I must be reading too much bash.org lately. I read the poll so quick that I thought it was written in l33t! I thought to myself, "why would getting 'owned' be a poll"!?!? Honestly, it wasn't until I read through the suggested answers that I realized the question was asking about PWD, not pwn3d!	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by Ben Win Lue (Friar) on Feb 08, 2007 at 14:20 UTC
Pretty Wild Data	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by Roy Johnson (Monsignor) on Feb 08, 2007 at 14:28 UTC
Perling While Drunk Peace With Dishonor Poor Wheel Drive Caution: Contents may have been coded under pressure.	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by starX (Chaplain) on Feb 08, 2007 at 20:00 UTC
By writing a wrapper script (to be installed on your buddy's system as a "fun" prank), it clearly becomes Print What's Deleted.	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by stonecolddevin (Parson) on Feb 09, 2007 at 01:58 UTC
Police Want Donuts. Oink oink! meh.	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by Anonymous Monk on Feb 08, 2007 at 09:39 UTC
Plain Wrong Dummy	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by margulies (Friar) on Feb 12, 2007 at 01:22 UTC
Perl Wont Die!	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by sgt (Deacon) on Feb 09, 2007 at 13:55 UTC
Please Want DWIM! ...would have been nice something recursive ;) cheers --stephan	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by blue_cowdawg (Monsignor) on Feb 10, 2007 at 02:43 UTC
Or in the case of some people I've worked for and with in the past: Purposely and Willfully Dense. Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by belg4mit (Prior) on Feb 09, 2007 at 15:26 UTC
present working directory, just a different spelling of current working directory. `-- In Bob We Trust, All Others Bring Data.`	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by shenme (Priest) on Feb 12, 2007 at 23:15 UTC
Pico World Domination - it's the most I can hope for...	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by parlezpingouin (Initiate) on Feb 13, 2007 at 00:26 UTC
It's an abbreviation of pwned! root@localhost# pwd /var/log Or it's Poor White Debutantes, which would be a great name for a riot grrl band.	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by blue_cowdawg (Monsignor) on Feb 14, 2007 at 01:28 UTC
PWD == Pants Will Drop. PWD == Parakeets Will Die PWD == Politicians Will Debate Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by jesuashok (Curate) on Feb 09, 2007 at 03:35 UTC
Perl World's Door	[reply]
Re: The PWD command really stands for: by qsl (Scribe) on Feb 09, 2007 at 03:48 UTC
* piss with 'dbmclose' # breaks binding on a tied dbm file * piss with 'dbmopen' # create binding on a tied dbm file * piss with 'defined' # test whether a value, variable, or function is defined * piss with 'delete' # deletes a value from a hash * piss with 'die' # raise an exception or bail out * piss with 'do' # turn a BLOCK into a TERM * piss with 'dump' # create an immediate core dump	[reply]
A reply falls below the community's threshold of quality. You may see it by logging in.
A reply falls below the community's threshold of quality. You may see it by logging in.