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Use alias for home directory (if username has a space)
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README.md

Usage

  1. Run sudo ln -s $HOME /Users/myshortname
  2. Add profile script to the top of your /etc/profile
  3. Create ~/.useralias file with the name of your alias (myshortname in this case)
  4. Use $ORIG_HOME for things like your NVM_DIR that doesn't like aliases
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profile
if [ -f "$HOME/.useralias" ]; then
export ORIG_USER=$USER
export USER=`cat "$HOME/.useralias"`
export ORIG_LOGNAME=$LOGNAME
export LOGNAME=$USER
export ORIG_HOME=$HOME
export HOME="/Users/$USER"
fi
if [ "$PWD" = "$ORIG_HOME" ]; then
cd ~
fi
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