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/ 2 Years ago, wed, september 7, 2022, 10:25:49
For example, what would it mean to say:
cd ~/mydirectory
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~ is a shortcut for the home directory, so
cd ~/mydirectory
Will move to mydirectory if there is such a directory in your home folder, otherwise it will throw a directory does not exist error.
Example:
Your home directory is located at /home/<username>.
Trivia: This is why the default bash prompt has a tilde in it like this user@host:~$. The tilde indicates that you are currently in your home directory. If you move somewhere else, for example into /etc it will show user@host:/etc$.
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