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Interpreting ~ from user input
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04-17-2008, 08:56 PM
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Interpreting ~ from user input
Hi,
I'm writing a script where the user can enter a directory name. For instance Code:
#!/bin/sh echo Where do you want to install the package? [$INSTALL_DIR] read new_install_dir cd $new_install_dir Thanks a 
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04-18-2008, 11:57 PM
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Add eval before cd
Code:
#!/bin/sh echo Where do you want to install the package? [$INSTALL_DIR] read new_install_dir eval "cd $new_install_dir" echo "You are in $(pwd) directory" HTH
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