What does `~/ ` mean?
I'm new to Linux and Ubuntu. People keep using ~/filename in their answers to my questions. What does ~/ mean?
~/ is shorthand for the current user's home folder. So if your user name is "foobar" it expands to /home/foobar/
An important thing is, if you are using the root user, ~/ will be the /root directory, not /home/user_name.
In this case, do:
> cd ~/ ; pwd ;
It will exit:
> /root
In general the tilde ~ represents your home folder. Use it to refer to your home directory at the command line.