Is there an equivalent to `pwd` in hdfs?

If you want to see the absolute path of home directory,you can make a empty directory and delete it,the information can show you the absolute path.

[test@test ~]$ hadoop fs -mkdir t1                                            
[test@test ~]$ hadoop fs -rm -r t1    
17/02/14 10:00:46 INFO fs.TrashPolicyDefault: Namenode trash configuration: Deletion interval = 1 minutes, Emptier interval = 0 minutes.
Moved: 'hdfs://nameservice1/user/test/t1' to trash at: hdfs://nameservice1/user/test/.Trash/Current

'hdfs://nameservice1/user/test/t1' is the absolute path of the t1 directory

hdfs dfs -pwd does not exist because there is no "working directory" concept in HDFS when you run commands from command line.

You cannot execute hdfs dfs -cd in HDFS shell, and then run commands from there, since both HDFS shell and hdfs dfs -cd commands do not exist too, thus making the idea of working directory redundant.

Your home dir is always the prefix of the path, unless it starts from /.

There is no -cd command, so I guess you expect -pwd to return the home directory.

According to this related question: HDFS Home Directory, the home directory of hdfs is always /user/<ShortUserName> (it is hardcoded in the source).