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

From	"M. Nejat AYDIN" <mnaydin@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: Assignment-like word shouldn't be subjected to tilde expansion in POSIX mode
Date	2020-07-21 15:14 +0300
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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:
     ~:

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