What does the little squiggly ~ do in Linux?

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00:37 Accepted answer (Score 45)
01:04 Answer 2 (Score 36)
02:51 Answer 3 (Score 10)
03:26 Answer 4 (Score 5)
04:15 Thank you

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/267163/w...

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#linux #commandline #homefolder

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