latex: how to "\input" a file whose filename depends on "~"?

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in a latex file called "main.tex" i can write the line

\input /home/user1/defs.tex

to input the conents of "defs.tex" at the position of that command.

now i want to generalize this, so that any user can compile the tex-document and "defs.tex" inside his home-directory is being inserted. my first guess

\input ~/defs.tex

didnt work. does anyone know how to solve this?

I'm not sure, but I recommend you ask over at http://tex.stackexchange.com where it's for TeX/LaTeX specific questions — Jonathon Bolster, Dec 27 '10 at 16:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1728/accessing-environment-variables-within-a-document

Thus, it would seem that:

\documentclass{article}
\immediate\write18{echo $HOME >/tmp/foo.tex}
\begin{document}
\input{var}
\end{document}

might do the trick. Or some such.

NOTE: I'm not a TeX expert, so be sure to read the referenced article carefully, and be prepared to experiment.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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answered Dec 27 '10 at 16:54

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