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

Niceman2005 · 12-20-2004, 01:54 AM

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,

cs-cam · 12-20-2004, 02:01 AM

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

Niceman2005 · 12-20-2004, 02:04 AM

thanks friend,

rjlee · 12-20-2004, 03:39 AM

~ 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.

whipermr5 · 12-20-2004, 07:59 AM

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.