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Re: "which" command does not expand "~" in path (base-files update needed)
On Sep 28 15:40, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 06:49:44PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
> > Wonder if this is a real bug then, or if I've misread the shell parsing rules?
> >They are a bit ridiculously complicated and full of exceptions and special
> >cases.....
>
> It seems like it's a bug.
AFAICT, bash behaves according to its man page:
QUOTING
[...]
Enclosing characters in double quotes preserves the lit
eral value of all characters within the quotes, with the
exception of $, `, and \.
Corinna
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