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[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Adel ESSAFI wrote:
> Hi list
> I have a probleme with ~ substitution:
> when i write this, it ok;
> [root at grid009 ~]# echo ~root
> /root
> but, when I try to write this a a variable, it is not ok!!
> [root at grid009 ~]# user=root
> [root at grid009 ~]# echo ~$user
> ~root
> 
> Can tou help me to solve this problem
> 
> Regards
> Adel
> 
> 
Dumb question - why not use $HOME?

Mikkel
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