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@centos.org on behalf of nux@li.nux.ro> wrote:

Hi,

The $home of root is /root, just copy it there.

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----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bee.Lists" bee.lists@gmail.com > To: "CentOS mailing list" centos@centos.org > Sent: Monday, 13 May, 2019 13:28:24 > Subject: [CentOS] 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. > > Any insight appreciated. > > > Cheers, Bee > > > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.centos.org_mailma... _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.centos.org_mailma...

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