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[โ€“] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

~ resolves to your home folder only if it's at the beginning of a path. /~ isn't the same as ~. Go ahead and test it with something other than rm if you don't believe me (this is the Internet, I could be lying).

[โ€“] bizzle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Hey you're right, I tried it with rm because I'm a maniac.