See also: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2007-12/msg00003.html
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Egmont Koblinger <[email protected]> wrote: > You can use a space instead of '=', i.e.: > gnome-terminal --working-directory ~/Storage > It'll work as you'd expect. > > It's a feature of the *shell* that it looks up the home directory if > the '~' is the first character of a word. If you use '=' as separator > then '~' is not the first character and hence the shell doesn't expand > it. > > The '~' itself, when literally part of a filename, does not refer to a > home directory and should remain a literal '~'. It's only the shell > (and a few more apps that deliberately choose to mimic the shell's > behavior) that treats '~' specially. > > So, gnome-terminal works as expected. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
