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From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
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Subject: Re: Default PATH setting - reduce to something more sensible?
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 13:33:22 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <vmvp3d$2671i$1@dont-email.me>,
Janis Papanagnou  <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On 23.01.2025 23:46, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> [snip]
>> For this and other reasons, though you *can* have a literal ~ in $PATH
>> in bash, it's best to avoid it and use $HOME instead. 
>
>Or use it correctly, unquoted and unescaped.

Or just don't use it, and then you don't have to worry about it.

	- Dan C.