I'm starting a lower level part, where I'll schedule the users part, permissions and etc.
My first question is ~ and / at the prompt?
Difference between til "~" and slash "/" at the linux prompt?
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asked by anonymous 15.09.2017 / 13:53
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The ~ character refers to the home folder of the user. For example, if you type cd ~ into the terminal, the command will take you to the home folder of the user running the command.
/ refers to the starting point of Linux files. If you type cd / it will take you to the root of the operating system, where all the system folders are.
15.09.2017 / 13:59
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Adding the answer:
The character til ~ is a alias associated with the home directory of the user, which can also be accessed through / , which is the starting point of the directories and also known as root .
cd , cd ~ , cd /home/marcelo , and cd $HOME are equivalent.
According to this topic in the SOen , the use of til for this association is due to Lear Siegler home and til and took the cursor to the beginning.
Lear-Siegler ADM-3A keyboard layout:
In GNU , there is documentation on the topic 3.5.2 Tilde Expansion about using ~ , where you can see the applications of your use.
15.09.2017 / 15:22