A user's home directory is typically represented by the tilde (~) symbol in Unix/Linux filesystems. It serves as a personal storage space for each user's files, directories, and configurations. The home directory is created automatically when a user account is made and is usually located under the /home directory with the user's name as its identifier, e.g., /home/username.
The 'pwd' command displays the current working directory in the Unix/Linux filesystem. It stands for "print working directory" and shows the absolute path of the user's current location in the filesystem.
To navigate to the home directory using 'cd', you can use the following commands:
cd
: Using the cd
command without any arguments will take you to the home directory.cd ~
: The tilde (~
) represents the home directory, so using cd ~
will also take you to the home directory1.Both of these commands will change your current working directory to the home directory in the Linux filesystem.