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pico Primer for Competitors - Shell Chapter - Got Shell? Section
Q.3: What does `~` mean?
A.3: The shell is parked in Q0h313th's home directory which can be accessed by `~` on the computer called `pico-2019-shell1`
Note: the full path for `~` can be expanded to `/home/Q0h313th/`
@xmass890
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"~" tilde is the convection for home directory , but that part show the present working directory

@GauravJain1008
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tilde

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jgh-1 commented Feb 8, 2025

"~" is called a tilde in English.

Yes it is lol

@sidhu1512
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ok Tilde

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gandyIT commented Aug 21, 2025

is it possible to customize it to another location?

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is it possible to customize it to another location?

Yes, that would be called changing your home directory which is certainly possible, but not really recommended as there can be a lot of config and settings in your current home directory to manually copy over.

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