The UNIX and Linux Forums  
Hello and Welcome from United States to the UNIX and Linux Forums! Thank You for Visiting and Joining Our Global Community.

Go Back   The UNIX and Linux Forums > Operating Systems > Linux
cp first ~/bin what is ~ symbols importance in this. cp first ~/bin what is ~ symbols importance in this.
.
google unix.com

Forums Register Forum RulesLinksAlbums FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read


Linux RedHat, Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora, Debian, Mandriva, Slackware, Gentoo linux, PCLinuxOS. All Linux questions here!

More UNIX and Linux Forum Topics You Might Find Helpful
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
How to set HIGH importance to a mail sent through mailx or sendmail command mitte_dino UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 3 01-29-2009 03:02 PM
Finding SYmbols in LIB senthil_is HP-UX 1 05-08-2008 04:36 AM
new lines symbols in sed? gogogo Shell Programming and Scripting 1 11-21-2006 12:14 PM
undefined symbols thalex High Level Programming 0 11-08-2001 12:37 PM
importance of '/dev' directory madhu UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 1 12-13-2000 03:09 AM

Closed Thread
English Japanese Spanish French German Portuguese Italian Dutch Swedish Russian Norwegian Hungarian Hebrew Danish Powered by Powered by Google
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 01-30-2004
singh85 singh85 is offline
Registered User
  
 

Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 5
cp first ~/bin what is ~ symbols importance in this.
What would be the importance of ~ in this command.

cp first ~/bin

Thanks
from dumb
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 01-30-2004
jsilva's Avatar
jsilva jsilva is offline
Registered User
  
 

Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 169
Hi,

The ~ symbol represents your home directory... If your home directory is, for example /export/home/you, ~/bin is the same as /export/home/you/bin .
Sponsored Links
Closed Thread

Bookmarks

« find word and relace VI | Ftp to firewall »
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Linear Mode
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 11:16 AM.

The UNIX and Linux Forums - Learn UNIX and UNIX Commands RSS Feeds - Contact Us - The UNIX and Linux Forums - Learn UNIX and UNIX Commands - Archive - Top

Powered by: vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2006, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. Language Translations Powered by .
vBCredits v1.4 Copyright ©2007 - 2008, PixelFX Studios
The UNIX and Linux Forums Content Copyright ©1993-2009. All Rights Reserved.Ad Management by RedTyger

Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0