Error concatenating directory path in bash script

penguin_pam

I have a simple bash file and want to execute a cd command: #!/bin/bash dir_path="~/Desktop/param_bind_b" cd $dir_path for some reason, when I try to run this script in terminal, I get this error: student@ubuntu:~$ openptv_current_install.bash /home/student/Desktop/scripts/openptv_current_install.bash: line 3: cd: ~/Desktop/param_bind_b: No such file or directory when I run the command cd ~/Desktop/param_bind_b "manually" it runs as expected....

Originally asked by Max Segal on Stack Exchange (askubuntu) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Tilde ( ~ ) will not be expanded by shell when put inside quotes. Just remove the quotes : #!/bin/bash dir_path=~/Desktop/param_bind_b cd "$dir_path"

Full answer by heemayl: https://askubuntu.stackexchange.com/a/674421 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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