$HOME: Location of the user’s home directory

$HOME contains the path of the current user’s home directory. It’s used in tilde expansion.

Examples

Output the path to the current user’s home directory.
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echo "$HOME"
Tilde expansion for the current user
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echo ~
Tilde expansion for another user
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echo ~jane
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