what is mean by "~/" in front of a command line?
 

Dear all,

I read from somewhere that says, type:

~ /clamav/bin/freshclam

at the command terminal. I just want to know what is mean by "~ /" ?
is it indicating a path or something?

Thanks in advance,

~/clamav/bin/freshclam == /home/user/clamav/bin/freshclam

:)

thanks
 

thanks friend,

~ is expanded by the shell to be the value of the HOME environment variable, which should be set to a directory that is read/write/executable by the current user.

It is simply your home directory. Here's a tip: If you are not sure what something refers to, try "echo x", where "x" is the thing you're unsure of.