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From: stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Stephen Carter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Re: Korn Tilde expansion
Message-ID: <4414@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 6 Feb 91 08:14:33 GMT
References: <1991Feb5.100540@bachus.enet.dec.com>
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From article <1991Feb5.100540@bachus.enet.dec.com>, by leclercq@bachus.enet.dec.com (Philippe Leclercq):
> 
> In article <4401@syma.sussex.ac.uk>, stevedc@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Stephen Carter)
> writes:
> |> 
> |> Sequent Dynix - Korn Shell tilde (~) expansion
> |> ----------------------------------------------
> |> 
> 
> We have the same behavior on ULTRIX.
> Substitute your last command by :
> 
> eval "mv $from $to"
> 
> It should work.
> 
> -Philippe Leclercq


My thanks to Philippe and several others who responded.  The resolution
I *know* works on my machine is:

	read field
	eval newfield=$field
	dosomethingwith $newfield

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