// Package env contains functions for dealing with environment variables package env import ( "os" homedir "github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir" ) // ShellExpandHelp describes what ShellExpand does for inclusion into help const ShellExpandHelp = "\n\nLeading `~` will be expanded in the file name as will environment variables such as `${RCLONE_CONFIG_DIR}`.\n" // ShellExpand replaces a leading "~" with the home directory" and // expands all environment variables afterwards. func ShellExpand(s string) string { if s != "" { if s[0] == '~' { newS, err := homedir.Expand(s) if err == nil { s = newS } } s = os.ExpandEnv(s) } return s }