pico Primer for Competitors - Shell Chapter - Got Shell? Section

Answer 3

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/`

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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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

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

tilde

"~" is called a tilde in English.

Yes it is lol

ok Tilde

is it possible to customize it to another location?

is it possible to customize it to another location?

Yes, that would be called changing your home directory which is certainly possible, but not really recommended as there can be a lot of config and settings in your current home directory to manually copy over.

"~" is called a tilde in English.

Thanks

so, after reading the answer and some of the comments, i think ~ is just another name for home (which is actually your username folder).
if you see only ~ it means you're currently inside your home directory.
if you see another name like ~/Downloads it means you're in that folder inside your home

Home dir