You can find the home directory of the logged-in user in a Linux (or Unix) shell in the following ways:
- By Navigating to the Home Directory and Listing It;
- By Outputting the Value of the
$HOMEEnvironment Variable.
Navigate to the Home Directory and List the Current Directory
You can navigate to the logged-in user's home directory by using any of the following commands:
cd
cd ~
cd $HOME
Once you're in the home directory, you can simply use the pwd (Print Working Directory) command to list the current working directory:
pwd
Output the Value of the $HOME Environment Variable
You can simply print the value of the $HOME shell environment variable to output the name of the logged-in user's home directory, for example, like so:
echo $HOME
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