Welcome, telling the true a second "~" needs "\" too, so the function should be defined as
_quote_readline_by_ref ()
{
case $1 in
'')printf -v $2 %s "$1";;
\'*)printf -v $2 %s "${1:1}";;
\~*)printf -v $2 \~%q "${1:1}";;
?*)printf -v $2 %q "$1"
esac
case ${!2} in \&*)eval $2=${!2};esac
}
Best regards
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Adam Tlałka
System & Network Administration Group
IT Service Center, Gdańsk University of Technology, PL
