Windows 10 command line: how do I get to the home directory?

[kestrell]

I'm trying to revive my knowledge of the command line interface, but can't remember how to change to the home directory. I'm actually trying to learn Git, so the help documentation assume I remember all the commands. I remember

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[metahacker]

Aha! The "The system cannot find the path specified." message means you're using Windows Command Prompt, which has its own syntax and whatnot. Command Prompt almost at the end of its life, so it may not worth investing in knowledge of it.

I don't know windows Command Prompt language much at all, but it shares some of the same commands as bash--just enough to be really confusing! And as yo say git does come with the git-bash program, which has a version of the bash shell, so that might be the one to use.

You can customize the bash prompt so it says whatever--including which git branch you are on (when you get to that step in your git learning). But getting it right is a little finicky, since it uses a lot of percent-string escape clauses (e.g. %~ for the current path including showing home as tilde).

I don't know which shells work well with screen readers, or if you can find a .bashrc file which will set you up with some sensible defaults, but there's got to be someone who has done some work in this area.