How do I execute a Shell built-in command with a C function?

Question

I would like to execute the Linux command "pwd" through a C language function like execv().

The issue is that there isn't an executable file called "pwd" and I'm unable to execute "echo $PWD", since echo is also a built-in command with no executable to be found.

Answer 1

If you just want to execute the shell command in your c program, you could use,

   #include <stdlib.h>     int system(const char *command); 

In your case,

system("pwd"); 

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The issue is that there isn't an executable file called "pwd" and I'm unable to execute "echo $PWD", since echo is also a built-in command with no executable to be found.

What do you mean by this? You should be able to find the mentioned packages in /bin/

sudo find / -executable -name pwd sudo find / -executable -name echo