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Re: is it normal that ${var:-~/path} doesnt resolve ~ to $HOME
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Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev |
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Re: is it normal that ${var:-~/path} doesnt resolve ~ to $HOME |
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Tue, 15 Nov 2022 18:07:41 +0100 |
On Tue, Nov 15, 2022, 17:49 Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
> On 11/15/22 11:44 AM, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote:
> > xmb@lt:~$ cat fix.IrcLog
> > #!/bin/bash
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> > sed -ri -e '/Unable to/d' -e '/refnum 0\]/d' "${1:-~/IrcLog}"
> > xmb@lt:~$ bash fix.IrcLog
> > sed: can't read ~/IrcLog: No such file or directory
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> Double quotes inhibit tilde expansion.
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hmm weird one
thx..
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> Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
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