Bug 14306 - ash: incorrect tilde expansion
Summary: ash: incorrect tilde expansion
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Busybox
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Standard Compliance (show other bugs)
Version: 1.33.x
Hardware: All Linux
: P5 normal
Target Milestone: ---
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Reported: 2021-11-01 17:32 UTC by D.G.
Modified: 2022-03-01 09:31 UTC (History)
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Description D.G. 2021-11-01 17:32:57 UTC 
On busybox 1.33.1, tilde expansion incorrectly alters words when the tilde-prefix matches no valid login name (note the missing ending slash): 

$ ash -c 'echo ~~nouser/'
~~nouser

$ bash -c 'echo ~~nouser/'
~~nouser/
Comment 1 Denys Vlasenko 2022-03-01 09:11:09 UTC 
Fixed in git.