No such file, but file is just created

Question

I've got a bash script in which i create a file and append to it. Problem is when I try to write to it, the shell tells me

/home/username/bin/myscript: line 62: ~/Desktop/folder/filename: No such file or directory

The script part is:

57: mkdir ~/Desktop/folder
58: touch -a ~/Desktop/folder/$1
59: chmod 774 ~/Desktop/folder/$1

61: addr=$(cat $D/$1/address)
62: echo "$addr">>"~/Desktop/folder/$1"

When I go look for the file, it appears in the ls command with the correct permissions. It also appears correctly in the file explorer.

I've tried changing between cat and echo commands to append to the file but neither works.

See this similar question: mkdir: cannot create directory: No such file or directory — steeldriver, Sep 08 '18 at 00:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 08 '18 at 00:56

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Try to do this on line 62:

$ echo "$addr" >> ~/Desktop/folder/"$1"

answered Sep 08 '18 at 00:56

Bon Ami

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To explain, the original problem is that ~ doesn't expand to your actual home directory when it's inside quotes. Moving the ~ outside of the quoted section fixes it. – Joseph Sible-Reinstate Monica Sep 08 '18 at 02:43

No such file, but file is just created

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