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and unix shell expansion before that

• dusted 5y ago
  oh yes, of course, I used to type cd ~ instead of just cd. Totally forgot that
  • notinty 5y ago
    cd ~dusted is the lesser-known expansion
  • JoBrad 5y ago
    My top 2 aliases (after ll): alias ~="cd ~" alias ..="cd .."
    • ksherlock 5y ago
      As of bash 4, `shopt -s autocd` will automatically do that (and more).
      • JoBrad 5y ago
        TIL - thanks!
• thewakalix 5y ago
  As they say, $HOME is where the tilde is.
• bitwize 5y ago
  And it came to Unix because "HOME" was printed on the tilde key of the ADM3A terminal.
  • joshu 5y ago
    i did not know this! so what was more influential, adm3a or vt100?