On Mi, 18 dec 19, 21:42:21, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, December 18, 2019 12:26:04 PM tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > #!/bin/bash > > home=${HOME:-~} > > What does that line do, or more specifically, what does the :-~ do -- note the > following: It will set the variable 'home' to the value of the variable 'HOME' if set (yes, case matters), otherwise to '~'. See the bash manpage, section 'Parameter Expansion'. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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