On Wed, Feb 12, 2025, at 10:50 AM, Andrés Rodríguez Reina wrote:
> In my opinion, it would be useful to have a warning be issued
> when in interactive mode, when at the current working directory a
> file/folder named '~' exists, and a command with a parameter starting
> with ~ is used (which will produce tilde expansion).
You could say this about any unexpanded word.
touch '$var'
echo $var
touch '*'
ls *
set -H
touch '!$'
stat !$
Should the shell look for a directory entry for every word before
it does anything?
> Fix:
> When in interactive mode and when a suitable flag is activated,
> an error should appear. For example:
> <Error: use of ~ is ambiguous. Please either specify '~' or
> type the home path to avoid ambiguity.>
Tilde expansion may surprise inexperienced users, but there's nothing
"ambiguous" about it. It is well defined.
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