On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 23:26 -0800, abhishek misra wrote:
> hi,
> 
> tee -a ~/console_logs/elm3a248.20070119
> 
> I understand that 'tee' command reads standard input, then writes the
> output of a
> program to standard output and simultaneously copies it into the
> specified file or files.
> 
> but what is the use of '~' ?
> 
> or i believe that it has to do nothing with tee but with file path !!
> your views please 

In this context, the ~ expands to say <the current user's home
directory>.  For me, ~ would mean /home/michael



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