Re: Assignment-like word shouldn't be subjected to tilde expansion in POSIX mode

[M. Nejat AYDIN]

On 7/21/20 2:48 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 10:55:06AM +0300, M. Nejat AYDIN wrote:

Also, shouldn't the tilde be expanded following
     $ echo ~:
? The colon terminates tilde-prefix in an assignment, but there is no
assignment involved here.

Works for me.

unicorn:~$ echo ~:
/home/greg:

Also in POSIX mode.

Oops, I've misstated.
I think the tilde in
    $ echo ~:
shouldn't have been expanded and should have been printed verbatim:
    ~: