Re: tilde character not interpreted in variable set

2018-03-02 Thread Nick Chambers
On 3/2/18, 9:03 AM, "bug-bash on behalf of Koncz, Istvan (Extern)" wrote: Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' -DCONF_OSTYPE='l

Re: tilde character not interpreted in variable set

2018-03-02 Thread Chet Ramey
On 3/2/18 7:14 AM, Koncz, Istvan (Extern) wrote: > Bash Version: 4.4 > Patch Level: 18 > Release Status: release > > Description: > when i use ~/ for home folder it works in command line e.g. ls > -la ~/.vimrc works, but when i add it to a variable e.g. foo="~/.vimrc" > then ~/ will not be replac

tilde character not interpreted in variable set

2018-03-02 Thread Koncz, Istvan (Extern)
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/home/konczi.ext/