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Many examples will use $HOME, so this page is here to let you know that on | Many examples will use $HOME, so this page is here to let you know that on [[UBO]]s, $HOME is your home directory. If my username was frank, I could do: | ||
$ grep frank /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $6}' | $ grep frank /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $6}' | ||
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will put you there. | will put you there. | ||
pwd | $ pwd | ||
/home/frank | |||
(print working directory) will show you which directory you're currently in. | (print working directory) will show you which directory you're currently in. | ||
You can use [[locate]] to find some other useful tools. | |||
Latest revision as of 22:47, 18 January 2006
Many examples will use $HOME, so this page is here to let you know that on UBOs, $HOME is your home directory. If my username was frank, I could do:
$ grep frank /etc/passwd | awk -F: '{print $6}'
/home/frank
I can see my home directory is frank. If I want to go there I can type
$ cd /home/frank
to change directory there. There are also a few shortcuts to get to your $HOME directory.
$ cd $HOME
and even easier
$ ~
will put you there.
$ pwd /home/frank
(print working directory) will show you which directory you're currently in. You can use locate to find some other useful tools.
