Re: [Help-bash] No tilde expansion in [[..]] when reading input with read

[Chris Down]

Here it is with the dependency on `awk' removed (no external dependencies):

    tildeExpand() {
        local path=$1

        if [[ $path =~ ^~$ || $path =~ ^~/ ]]; then
            path=${path/\~/$HOME}
        elif [[ $path =~ ^~([[:alnum:]]+) ]]; then
            user=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
            while IFS=: read -r pUser _ _ _ _ pHome _; do
                if [[ $user == $pUser ]]; then
                    userHome=$pHome
                    break
                fi
            done < /etc/passwd
            if [[ $userHome ]]; then
                path=${path/\~$user/$userHome}
            fi
        fi

        printf '%s\n' "$path"
    }

Again, any suggestions for improvement welcome.

Best,

Chris