" tabnew . " not showing current directory path

I opened afile with vim in terminal
"vim file1.sv" "<ESC>:tabnew . "
tabnew will open a file with current directory path and will show the list
of files.

But if i opened file in gvim its not working
"gvim file1.sv" "<ESC>:tabnew ."
tabnew will open a file with current directory path and NOT showing
anything in taht file


Samething happens for "sp . " also

Can anybody help me guys





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