PWDHIST
(json)History of each change to the sessions working directory
PWDHIST
is a JSON array containing the history of all
the working directories within the current shell session.
It is updated via cd
however you can overwrite its value
manually via set
.
» cd ~bob
» cd /tmp
» $PWDHIST
[
"/Users/bob",
"/private/tmp"
]
cd
:
Change (working) directoryset
:
Define a variable (typically local) and set it’s value@Array
Sigil: Expand
values as an arrayOLDPWD
(path):
Return the home directory for the current session userPWD
(path): Current
working directoryjson
: JavaScript Object
Notation (JSON)path
: Structured object
for working with file and directory pathsThis document was generated from gen/variables/PWDHIST_doc.yaml.
This site's content is rebuilt automatically from murex's source code after each merge to the master
branch. Downloadable murex binaries are also built with the website.
Last built on Sat Aug 23 22:28:13 UTC 2025 against commit ad23f13ad23f131bfecd82ea8a12d9b3e92aab5d8398ae9.
Current version is 7.0.2129 (website) which has been verified against tests cases.