OK, it probably is a "cilly" question, but believe me, I have groogled* around for hours.
I have a service menu that passes the absolute path of the Dolphin entry to a bash script.
It works just fine... for me

Meaning, it passes /home/me/thatdirectory to the script, which means, on my machine, it's just fine.
But if I send the script to my friend, it will use /home/me/thatdirectory when it should be /home/he/thatdirectory.

So how would I turn /home/myuser to ~/ ?


* Groogling is what pigs do when rummaging around in the dirt for scraps of food - in an obscure Betelgeusian dialect, as translated by the babel fish.

This has nothing to do with Dolphin , but /home/myuser = ~
Or, better for scripting, don't use absolute paths use variables like $HOME

You may want to look at bash tutorials for more info

But it has to do with Dolphin.
The Dolphin service menu will pass the absolute path to the script.

I have been perusing bash tutorials, service menu tutorials, and forums for hours, and found no way to pass either a relative path or one with $HOME.

Actually, it's just lack of sleep. I realised that - of course - my friend can use the absolute path because on his system the service menu will pass the correct one to his script.
Apologies