OWD - Information Technology What does OWD stand for? Your abbreviation search returned 18 meanings showing only Information Technology definitions ( Show all) Link/Page Citation Category Filters All definitions (18) Information Technology (3) Military & Government (6) Science & Medicine (3) Organizations, Schools, etc. (4) Business & Finance (5). Example 10: Set up an Alias for pwd. Create an alias that includes the -P option to prevent getting symlinks when running pwd.That way, pwd always shows the path to the directory you're in, regardless of how you got there. In the following example, the alias includes the -P option and we have added it to the .bashrc file to make the system remember the alias after a system reboot.