PWD
E845085
PWD is an FTP command that returns the current working directory on the remote server.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PWD canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10157833 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PWD Context triple: [RFC 959, definesCommand, PWD]
-
A.
.pw
.pw is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) on the internet assigned to the Republic of Palau.
-
B.
Inpw
Inpw is the ancient Egyptian name for Anubis, the jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife.
-
C.
PBK
PBK is the common abbreviation for the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the oldest and one of the most prestigious academic honor societies in the United States recognizing excellence in the liberal arts and sciences.
-
D.
Passwords
Passwords is a 2018 studio album by American folk-rock band Dawes that blends introspective lyrics with polished, melodic rock arrangements.
-
E.
PW
PW is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Pacific island nation of Palau.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PWD Target entity description: PWD is an FTP command that returns the current working directory on the remote server.
-
A.
.pw
.pw is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) on the internet assigned to the Republic of Palau.
-
B.
Inpw
Inpw is the ancient Egyptian name for Anubis, the jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife.
-
C.
PBK
PBK is the common abbreviation for the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the oldest and one of the most prestigious academic honor societies in the United States recognizing excellence in the liberal arts and sciences.
-
D.
Passwords
Passwords is a 2018 studio album by American folk-rock band Dawes that blends introspective lyrics with polished, melodic rock arrangements.
-
E.
PW
PW is the commonly used nickname of P. W. Botha, the former South African prime minister and state president during the apartheid era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | FTP command ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | PWD command ⓘ |
| belongsTo | FTP control channel commands ⓘ |
| caseSensitivity | usually case-insensitive in FTP servers ⓘ |
| category | FTP service command ⓘ |
| defaultPortContext | 21 ⓘ |
| definedIn |
File Transfer Protocol
ⓘ
linked to:
FTP
|
| direction | client-to-server command ⓘ |
| doesNotRequire | data connection ⓘ |
| fullForm | Print Working Directory ⓘ |
| hasReplyCode | 257 ⓘ |
| implementedBy | most FTP servers ⓘ |
| implementedIn |
command-line FTP clients
ⓘ
graphical FTP clients ⓘ |
| introducedIn | FTP specification ⓘ |
| operatesOn | remote server ⓘ |
| relatedCommand |
CDUP
ⓘ
CWD ⓘ LIST ⓘ |
| replyFormat | 257 "<directory>" is current directory ⓘ |
| requires | control connection ⓘ |
| responseType | directory pathname ⓘ |
| returns |
current working directory
ⓘ
remote current directory path ⓘ |
| scope | remote file system ⓘ |
| securityConsideration | may reveal server directory structure ⓘ |
| standardizedIn | RFC 959 ⓘ |
| syntax | PWD<CRLF> ⓘ |
| transportLayerProtocol |
TCP
ⓘ
linked to:
Transmission Control Protocol
|
| triggeredBy | client request ⓘ |
| typicalClientCommand | pwd ⓘ |
| usedFor |
building absolute remote paths
ⓘ
discovering current remote directory ⓘ verifying directory changes ⓘ |
| usedInProtocol | FTP ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: PWD Description of subject: PWD is an FTP command that returns the current working directory on the remote server.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.