Tilde (~) Token
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~
) Token
Tilde (Home directory path variable
Description
The tilde token is used as a lazy reference to the users home directory.
Examples
» out ~
/home/bob
» out ~joe
/home/joe
Detail
Tilde can be expanded inside double quotes, brace quotes as well as used naked. But it cannot be expanded inside single quotes.
» out ~
/home/bob
» out '~'
~
» out "~"
/home/bob
» out %(~)
/home/bob
See Also
- %(Brace Quote)`: Initiates or terminates a string (variables expanded)
- Array (
@
) Token: Expand values as an array - Reserved Variables: Special variables reserved by Murex
"Double Quote"
: Initiates or terminates a string (variables expanded)'Single Quote'
: Initiates or terminates a string (variables not expanded)(brace quote)
: Write a string to the STDOUT without new line (deprecated)ja
(mkarray): A sophisticated yet simply way to build a JSON arrayout
: Print a string to the STDOUT with a trailing new line characterset
: Define a local variable and set it's valuestring
(stringing): string (primitive)
This document was generated from gen/parser/variables_doc.yaml.