The following one liner should display root's home directory:

grep -w ^root /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f6

Which finds the line beginning with the word root, and returns the sixth entry 
(the home directory of that entry).


On 5/13/19, 8:39 AM, "CentOS on behalf of Nux!" <centos-boun...@centos.org on 
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    Hi,
    
    The $home of root is /root, just copy it there.
    
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    > Subject: [CentOS] root .bash_profile?
    
    > Hi folks.  Just wondering how I can implement an automatic .bash_profile 
for
    > root.  I have to load my user .bash_profile every time I get into root, 
and I
    > would like a better solution.  There is no /home/ for root, so I’m a bit
    > confused if this is even allowed.
    > 
    > Any insight appreciated.
    > 
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    > Cheers, Bee
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