using ~/ (user entry) at shell script

Question

I failed to accesses "user entry" by shell script, the following commands interrupt errors ( ls: cannot access '~/Workspace': No such file or directory )

ls ~/Workspace
ls "~/Workspace"
ls "\~/Workspace"

commanding the above via terminal works fine. any ideas?
I'm using fedora 25 without significant customization. thanks.

How are you executing the script and do you have #!/bin/bash at the top of the script? — Raman Sailopal
– Raman Sailopal, Commented May 5, 2017 at 9:32
Tilde expansion should work in noninteractive shells too, I don't see anything obviously wrong with the first example. The second two would not work because the tilde is quoted. — ilkkachu
– ilkkachu, Commented May 5, 2017 at 12:50

OscarAkaElvis · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-05 10:03:00Z

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Are you sure the "Workspace" dir exist on home dir for that user?

Anyway, try this:

#!/bin/bash
ls $HOME/Workspace

answered May 5, 2017 at 10:03

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OscarAkaElvis Over a year ago

Ok, mark it as solved please. Maybe could be useful for others.

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