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[โ€“] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because quoting requires token expansion (e.g. ~ to /home/you). Escaping gives you a much shorter path in that case.

That said I'm with you, full quoted paths read better to me.

[โ€“] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 23 hours ago

You can use variables in " like so: cd "$HOME/Desktop".

Maybe this helps?