Thread: [BASH] tilde doesn't expand from user input?

i learning bash scripting, , want have user type in path directory , allow use of ~

code:

echo 'type path somedir' read -e -p "> " path path=${path//\~/$home} echo 'your path:' echo $path

however, seems tilde charecter cannot replaced??

edit:
fixed code, thanks.

try

code:

path=${path/#\~/$home}

actually, there's not point in such substitution can force tilde expansion eval: edit. dangerous, see vaphell's post below.

code:

read -ep 'type path somedir ' path eval echo path: $path

moreover, tilde not expands $home. e.g. ~user means home directory of user, ~+ = $pwd, ~- = $oldpwd, , on.

note code has other problems, too: no prompt after read -p , single quotes in last line (shell parameters expanded inside double quotes).

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