How to map // to ~/?

Question

Is it possible to remap ~/ to //?

I want to be able to do something like cat //something.txt and have it be running cat ~/something.txt

Or if this isn't possible, mapping ~ to something easier to type like perhaps just `

Thanks

Answer 1

In your ~/.inputrc, add:

$if Bash

"`": "~/"

$endif

Binding // is possible, but it can cause some confusion, since the first / wouldn't be shown on screen until the entire binding was entered.