wxya

Used to display the current working directory of the specified process

Built-in commands

Summary

pwdx [process ID]

Parameter Description

• Process ID: The process ID to be queried can be viewed using the ps command.

Example

In the following example, use the ps command to view the information of the nginx process, and then use the pwdx command to query the current working directory of the process with process ID 5678.

$ ps -ef | grep nginx
# root 1234 1 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 nginx: master process /usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; master_process on;
# www-data 5678 1234 0 10:01 ? 00:00:00 nginx: worker process

$ pwdx 5678
# 5678: /var/www/html

View the working directory of the current process:

$ pwdx $$

View the working directory of a specified process:

$ pwdx 1234

View the working directories of multiple processes in batches:

$ ps aux | awk '{print $2}' | xargs pwdx

Combined with other commands, view the working directory and command line of a process:

$ ps -p 1234 -o cmd | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $1}' | xargs pwdx

View the working directories of all processes:

$ ps -eo pid | xargs pwdx