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named directory expansion on strings

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From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: named directory expansion on strings
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 04:29:08 +0100
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Is there a way to perform "named directory" expansion on strings?
Something like "autonamedirs" and the "%~" in the prompt...

% file=/etc/foo
% ETCDIR=/etc
% echo `bar#!$whatever($file)`
~ETCDIR/foo
%

Thorsten

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