Re^2: Get home dir from shell

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Re^3: Get home dir from shell by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Apr 03, 2013 at 15:43 UTC
moo@cow>perl -e 'print `echo \$HOME`' /home/moo [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Get home dir from shell by kennethk (Abbot) on Apr 03, 2013 at 16:39 UTC
~$ perl -e 'print `echo $HOME`' ~$ perl -e 'print `echo \$HOME`' /home/kennethk ~$ perl -e 'print `echo \\$HOME`' \ ~$ perl -e 'print `echo \\\$HOME`' $HOME ~$ perl -e '$q = chr 39; print `echo $q\$HOME$q`' $HOME ~$ perl -e '$loc = q{\$HOME}; print `echo $loc`' $HOME [download] Try outputting your command to make sure it's what you think it is. #11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Get home dir from shell by hdb (Monsignor) on Apr 04, 2013 at 06:36 UTC
Two more: c:\>perl -e "print `echo \%HOME\%` " c:\brocmi c:\>perl -e "print `echo %HOME%` " crocmi [download]	[reply] [d/l]