Linux Command Line Symbol ~/

[Dan Healy]

What does the "~/" mean?  In my notes on connecting to an AWS instance I have the following command line:

scp -r -i your file.pem ../../../var/www/application folder name ubuntu@IPAddr:~/

The "~/" is pencilled in on my notes.  I don't know why I put it there or what it is supposed to do and I have not been able to find any explanation on-line.  I would appreciate any ideas any of you might have.

Also, does anyone know of a good, searchable, on-line, Linux command line reference?

Thanks,

Dan H

[Matthew Curry]

~ is for your homedir

Thanks,
Matthew D. Curry
www.MattCurry.Com

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[nalioth]

It means your (or whoever's logged in) home directory

i.e. mv ~/file.file /var/www/public_html
or
pico ~/file.txt


N

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Dan Healy <dfh...@gmail.com> wrote: