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Old 03-03-2011
What is cd ~/blah/blah1/blah2?
What is cd ~/blah/blah1/blah2?

I mean "~"?

Thanks.
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Old 03-03-2011
tilde expansion in shell:

Code:
~ Expand to the variable $HOME or home directory of the current user

~USER Expand to the home directory of the given username

(hehe - amusingly even listed in wikipedia entry (Tilde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) )
 
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