GNU bug report logs - #23227
Inconsistent behavior for --file=~/some-file

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Santiago Ruano Rincón <santiagorr <at> riseup.net>

Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 21:56:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

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From: Santiago Ruano Rincón <santiagorr <at> riseup.net>
To: 23227 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23227: Inconsistent behavior for --file=~/some-file
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 23:55:41 +0200

Hi,

grep fails to parse the tilde (~) to represent $HOME, when it is used to
give a file's path to --file=, but it works with --file

% echo "a" > ~/tmp-pattern
% echo "hola" | LANG=C grep --file=/home/santiago/tmp-pattern
hola
% echo "hola" | LANG=C grep --file /home/santiago/tmp-pattern
hola
% echo "hola" | LANG=C grep --file ~/tmp-pattern
hola
% echo "hola" | LANG=C grep --file=${HOME}/tmp-pattern 
hola
% echo "hola" | LANG=C grep --file=~/tmp-pattern
grep: ~/tmp-pattern: No such file or directory

This was filed in debian:
https://bugs.debian.org/504804

Cheers,

Santiago
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