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Re: [Help-bash] handling variables with tilde character
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Greg Wooledge |
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Re: [Help-bash] handling variables with tilde character |
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Date: |
Tue, 3 Jul 2012 16:39:54 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.4.2.3i |
On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 12:28:07AM +0400, address@hidden wrote:
> that's exactly what i'm trying to do - use variables with tilde as an
> username.
As he said, you need eval.
username=joe
eval echo ~$username
This gets tricky and dangerous VERY quickly.