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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>cd tilde</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="cathedral.html" title="cathedral"/><link rel="next" href="CDA.html" title="CDA"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">cd tilde</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cathedral.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="CDA.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="cd-tilde"/><dt xmlns="" id="cd-tilde"><b>cd tilde</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/C·D til·d@/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vi.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To go home. From the Unix C-shell and Korn-shell command <b class="command">cd ~</b>, which takes one to one's <b class="command">$HOME</b> (<b class="command">cd</b> with no
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arguments happens to do the same thing). By extension, may be used with
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other arguments; thus, over an electronic chat link, <b class="command">cd ~coffee</b> would mean “<span class="quote">I'm going to the coffee
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