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Don't Put Tilde In Your Path
A security-focused blog post by disconnect3d warns against including the tilde character in the PATH environment variable, explaining how tilde expansion can lead to unexpected or dangerous executable resolution on Unix-like systems. Developers on Hacker News are debating the pitfalls of shell expansion in PATH entries and sharing their own configuration habits.
Why now: Technical readers find shell environment and PATH configuration pitfalls both surprising and practically relevant to their daily work
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- Don't Put Tilde In Your Path · arusekk · 59
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