Linux Questions Staff asked 1 year ago
The ~ (tilde) character is used to represent:
- A user's home directory
- The directory above the current directory
- The current directory
- Nothing, it doesn't have a special meaning
Explanation: The home directory of the current user is represented by the ~ character. You always begin as the sysadmin user, whose home is located at /home/sysadmin. To return to your home directory at any time execute the following command:
sysadmin@localhost:~/Documents/School$ cd ~ sysadmin@localhost:~$
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