Shell
HOME
Home directory of the current user.
Ubuntu
Debian
Arch
Fedora
CentOS
SUSE
Alpine
macOS
FreeBSD
Verified: 2026-05-12
Syntax
$echo $HOME
Examples
$echo $HOME
$cd $HOME
Typical use cases
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Standard usage
HOME --help
Note
Used by many tools for default file locations.
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