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-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx on behalf of nux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
The $home of root is /root, just copy it there.
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> Subject: 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.
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> Any insight appreciated.
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> Cheers, Bee
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