How to navigate to Home Directory?

Question

My terminal used to read

username@computername:~$

but after navigating to some directories, it now says

username@computername:/$

and I can't get back to my Home directory.

Check this Ubuntu Documentation – BDRSuite Dec 23 '16 at 07:03 — BDRSuite, Dec 23 '16 at 07:03

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 23 '16 at 06:31

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The easiest way is to simply type cd. Argumentless cd means cd will bring you to your home directory, which is also known as ~. This means cd ~ would also work, albeit with a couple more keystrokes.

answered Dec 23 '16 at 06:31

edwinksl

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For more info on cd and cd ~/ : [ https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/84615/difference-between-cd-and-cd ] – Aks Mar 08 '18 at 05:07

How to navigate to Home Directory?

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