2011/11/12 Chris F.A. Johnson <ch...@cfajohnson.com>
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Peng Yu wrote:
>
>> I'm wondering if I already have a string variable, is there a bash
>> native to do tilde expansion on it.
>>
>> var='~/..'
>> cd $var#how to change this line?
>>
>
> eval "cd $var"
>
I'd avoid eval as that could potentially do more than just expand the
tilde, depending on what other characters the var contains. I'd just
replace the ~ with $HOME using parameter expansion.
cd "${var/#~\//$HOME/}"
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Geir Hauge
