$PWD
Your current working directory, so you don't have to use CWD=$(pwd)
$OLDPWD
Your previous working directory
Note : You can jump directly to it by the command cd -
$SECONDS
The number of seconds the script has been running
You can use it for profiling or limiting timeout
TIME_LIMIT=60
START=$SECONDS
while [ $(($SECONDS - START)) -le "$TIME_LIMIT" ]
do
## Your work here
done
echo "It takes $SECONDS seconds to get here !"
$RANDOM
Get random integer number, for getting random name or just roll a dice ;)