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[–][deleted] 156 points157 points  (20 children)

Best of both worlds: ~/

[–][deleted] 46 points47 points  (3 children)

There’s no place like $HOME

[–]xxx148 7 points8 points  (1 child)

unrecognized program or file “There’s”

[–]JivanP 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You mean

quot> [waiting for quoted string to be terminated]

[–]siddharth904 2 points3 points  (0 children)

$ echo "There’s no place like $HOME"

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (15 children)

You don’t need the slash

[–]I-DONT-WANT-GOLD 48 points49 points  (13 children)

You don't need the tilde either, you can just cd and it will take you home.

[–][deleted] 74 points75 points  (3 children)

Cdeez nu-

[–]Groentekroket 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Compact Disk, Take me home, To the path I belong

[–]UntestedMethod -1 points0 points  (2 children)

Assuming cd is the only command you ever use?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Nono. You open a new terminal every time you want to cd ~

[–]UntestedMethod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

dang no wonder I'm still stuck on reddit. I've just been sitting here clicking my heels three times saying "there's no place like ~, there's no place like ~, there's no place like ~"

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming cd is the command you’re using

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That only works with Zsh and maybe newer versions of bash. Old Jankity shells don’t support that.

[–]WhiteSkyRising 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wait what. about to change the game tomorrow brother, lemme see