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pico Primer for Competitors - Shell Chapter - Got Shell? Section
Q.3: What does `~` mean?
A.3: The shell is parked in Q0h313th's home directory which can be accessed by `~` on the computer called `pico-2019-shell1`
Note: the full path for `~` can be expanded to `/home/Q0h313th/`
@MalcolmAnderson
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Yes, the following 2 command produce the same result, bringing you to your home directory
cd
cd ~

@Srinivasgaraga
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~ it is called tildi it used as a shortcut form root/home directories

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ghost commented Dec 29, 2022

~ is called a tilde.
It's equivalent to the home directory: /home/Q0h313th/

@praksh134
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~ means now the shell is having the home directory

@Parcehack
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is a directory

@FreeFelix
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"~" When we use it in shell or terminal as a command, It takes us directly in home directory.

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Stackzo commented Sep 8, 2024

Are we suppose to know what a directory or in home directory is at this point already? Im confused sorry

@syreal17
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Are we suppose to know what a directory or in home directory is at this point already? Im confused sorry

Directories are covered more later in the chapter, especially in the walkthrough where you create them and change into them. A directory is just a folder that can contain files or more directories.

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rexer01 commented Sep 24, 2024

got it, it´s like a pipe, only for the home directory or this pipe could be setting for redirected to anothe directory ? thanks by the way.

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got it, it´s like a pipe, only for the home directory or this pipe could be setting for redirected to anothe directory ? thanks by the way.

It's different than a pipe. A pipe is an operator that connects the output of one program to the input of another.

Tilde is shorthand for the path to your home directory.

@ArduinoAficionado
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:)

@AnsarulHaq786
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got it, it´s like a pipe, only for the home directory or this pipe could be setting for redirected to anothe directory ? thanks by the way.

It's different than a pipe. A pipe is an operator that connects the output of one program to the input of another.

Tilde is shorthand for the path to your home directory.

yeah.
and similarly "cd /" will take you to the root directory

@xmass890
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"~" tilde is the convection for home directory , but that part show the present working directory

@GauravJain1008
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tilde

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