Hit the Return key and you’ll be in that folder, let’s verify it by using the aforementioned ‘pwd’ command:Īgain, hit return, and you should see output like this: Now at the command prompt, enter the following command:Ĭd /System/Library/CoreServices/Resources/ For the purpose of this walkthrough we’ll choose “/System/Library/CoreServices/Resources/” because it’s a deep(ish) system path that is universal on all Macs. First, we’ll want to be at the location within the command line to copy the path for. If you want to follow along, just launch Terminal app. If you’re already familiar with the command line, you’re good to go, but for those who aren’t as knowledgable about the command line, let’s review this command sequence a bit more so that it makes more sense. This will instantly copy the present working directory to the clipboard of OS X.

This trick is quite simple in function, using the pwd command (short for present working directory) and the pbcopy command (a command line interface to the copy to clipboard function in OS X), at it’s most simple it works like this:

Mac terminal commands pwd