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Re:Tildeverse.org: A loose association of like-minded tilde ... by joshu on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @04:55AM (#29470740)
and unix shell expansion before that
Re:Tildeverse.org: A loose association of like-minded tilde ... by thewakalix on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @07:38AM (#29471749)
As they say, $HOME is where the tilde is.
Re:Tildeverse.org: A loose association of like-minded tilde ... by bitwize on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @09:43AM (#29472904)
And it came to Unix because "HOME" was printed on the tilde key of the ADM3A terminal.
Re:Tildeverse.org: A loose association of like-minded tilde ... by joshu on Sunday December 19, 2021 @10:10PM (#29621178)
i did not know this! so what was more influential, adm3a or vt100?
Re:Tildeverse.org: A loose association of like-minded tilde ... by dusted on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @05:40AM (#29471030)
oh yes, of course, I used to type cd ~ instead of just cd. Totally forgot that
Re:Tildeverse.org: A loose association of like-minded tilde ... by JoBrad on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @07:42AM (#29471790)
My top 2 aliases (after ll):

    alias ~="cd ~"
    alias ..="cd .."
Re:Tildeverse.org: A loose association of like-minded tilde ... by ksherlock on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @08:27AM (#29472200)
As of bash 4, `shopt -s autocd` will automatically do that (and more).
Re:Tildeverse.org: A loose association of like-minded tilde ... by JoBrad on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @08:03PM (#29480206)
TIL - thanks!
Re:Tildeverse.org: A loose association of like-minded tilde ... by notinty on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @06:33AM (#29471351)

  cd ~dusted
is the lesser-known expansion