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Environment
HOME Environment Variable
What happens when you type this command?
$ echo $HOME
The HOME
variable is an environment variable that displays the path of the home directory ~
. You can specify and change the HOME
variable if needed, but in most cases this is not necessary.
Here, by typing echo $HOME
, the terminal displays the path /home/ccuser as output.
Instructions
1.
Let’s see the value of $HOME
currently.
In the command line, type:
echo $HOME
This returns the value of the HOME
variable.