Shortest way to home dicrectory

incipientmind · #1 (**permalink**) 02-01-2008

hi guys, i am looking for the shortest way to get to home directory using Absolute & Relative paths.

Anything except cd or cd/home/user

any help would be deeply appreciated.

Prahlad · #2 (**permalink**) 02-01-2008

hi,

You can use following command.

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cd ~username
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But as you mentioned you don't to use CD at all. I dont think that would be possible.

Thanks,

Lakris · #3 (**permalink**) 02-02-2008

If it is Your own home directory You want to go to,

Code:

cd ~

Smiling Dragon · #4 (**permalink**) 02-03-2008

cd ~ will not work on bourne shells (the default for many unix'es)

I'm assuming by 'anything except cd...' you mean it as it's written (ie cd with no options to get to the home dir).
In which case, cd $HOME should sort you out.

If you want something foolproof though:

Code:

cd `grep -e "^username:" /etc/passwd | cut -d ':' -f 6`

is the only real way to be certain.
Depending on the version of grep, you may need to use egrep, or omit the -e flag.

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