command for display home directory??

[tusifx]

quick question!!

what's the command for displaying your home directory?

not 'pwd' because that's for current directory.

 

[SamBones]

In the Korn shell you can type...
[tt]
print ~
[/tt]
...to print your home directory, or...
[tt]
print ~username
[/tt]
...to print some user's home directory. You can use the tilda (~) to [tt]cd[/tt] or refer to files. Something like...
[tt]
cp ~smithj/.profile ~
[/tt]
This command would copy [tt]smithj[/tt]'s .profile to my home directory, regardless of what my [tt]pwd[/tt] is.

Hope this helps.

 

[tusifx]

.....and i thought there is a command for it like pwd....


thanx for your help

 

[dbase77]

Hi,

echo $HOME should give your home directory.

regards,
feroz

 

[Chapter11]

and the Rube Goldberg method...

cat /etc/passwd | grep "^`whoami`:" | awk -F":" '{print $7}'

 

[Chapter11]

oops, should been $6 not $7 above. was trying to make it more complicated =)

 

[tusifx]

haha......i hate awk
it drive me crazy

 

[jdktek]

echo $HOME

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