How to get the password hashes for a user in Mac OS X 10.10+, in recovery/single user mode?

I would like to view the hashes on my Mac, in either single user mode, or the terminal in recovery mode. I tried to follow the steps described in https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/186893/os-x-10-9-where-are-password-hashes-stored . But I do not see my users plist file in the /var/db... folder, but I see root, nobody, daemon, and other .plist files. How can I find these files in recovery/single user mode? Note: The OS I would be using is either OS X Yosemite or OS X El Capitan; both would be great to know.