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  1. stackoverflow.com/questions/998626   Cached
    meaning of tilde in linux bash (not home directory) ... and finds that the password file says my home directory is /u/jleffler and changes to that directory. ...
  2. lowfatlinux.com/linux-file-system.html   Cached
    You can use it with any Linux command that needs a file name as input. ... And if you want to change to another user's home directory, you can use the tilde (~) ...
  3. www.vias.org/linux-knowhow/bbg_sect_03_​04_03.html   Cached
    Linux Know-How provides a collection ... If HOME is unset, the home directory of the user executing ... the tilde-prefix is replaced with the home directory ...
  4. linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdln_​filename.htm   Cached
    ... which is used to retrieve the user's home directory for ... File names that have a tilde without a user name ... What is path name; Introduction to Linux ...
  5. www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-​newbie-8/tilde...   Cached
    Hi All, Can anybody pl. tell me, if tilde symbol displays at linux prompt, what does it mean? Is it default symbol of any shell? regards, karthik
  6. www.linux.org/article/view/users-on-a-​system   Cached
    Some make this easier by also deleting users home directory ... If you look at the root directory in Linux, ... This finds any file named '.saves' at the end and ...

  7. Home directory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_directory   Cached
    A home directory is a file system directory on a multi-user operating system containing files for a given user of the system. The specifics of the home directory ...

  8. Tilde - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde   Cached
    The tilde is a grapheme with several uses. The name of the character comes from Portuguese and Spanish, from the Latin titulus meaning "title" or "superscription ...
  9. faq.rutgers.edu/?q=node/320   Cached
    In UNIX and GNU/Linux the '~' means something special when running a command. The '~' character refers to your own home directory in the ... the file name using ...
  10. www.linuxquestions.org/...saves-​duplicate-file-with-tilde...   Cached
    I'm using redhat 9. When I edit a file in my text editor and save it a duplicate copy of it is created with a ~ after the file name. I've seen the