I have a user on my system that has created a subdirectory under their home directory called ~username, sor for example their username is foo, the directory is /home/foo/~foo. So, when I try and switch to /home/foo/~foo it takes me to /home/foo. I am using the bash shell, it is a red hat 7.3 system, how can I switch into this directory?
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weird directory name, can not switch into it....
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I'm sorry, what I meant to type was that I would switch into their directory and then switch to that subdirectory, so when I re-read my post, I realized that I should probably have entered the absolute directory, and when I did that, it worked just fine... so I switched to /home/foo/~foo and that is where I ended up.
thanks,
Bryan
thanks,
Bryan
This should be simple to resolve by using either of the folowing methods:
1) from /home/foo do: cd "~foo"
or
2) from /home/foo do: cd \~foo
or
3) from /home/foo do: cd ./~foo
Method (1) wraps the dir in quotes
Method (2) uses a backslash to "Escape" the tilde (~)
Method (3) says start from here ./ and change into ~foo
To remove or move that directory do the same with either rmdir or mv
Good Luck,
Laurie.
1) from /home/foo do: cd "~foo"
or
2) from /home/foo do: cd \~foo
or
3) from /home/foo do: cd ./~foo
Method (1) wraps the dir in quotes
Method (2) uses a backslash to "Escape" the tilde (~)
Method (3) says start from here ./ and change into ~foo
To remove or move that directory do the same with either rmdir or mv
Good Luck,
Laurie.
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