Re: [Help-bash] How to extrapolate string including '~'?

[John Kearney]

I think you meant
eval x=\"$str\"

On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi,

I want to extrapolate a string that includes '~'. Is there a way to do
so in bash?

str='~'
x=$(eval "$str")
-bash: /Users/john: Is a directory

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Regards,
Peng