Aw Qirui Guo

Bourne/POSIX-like shells have a split+glob operator and it's invoked every time you leave a parameter expansion ( , ...), command substitution ( ), or arithmetic expansion ( ) unquoted in list context. Actually, you invoked it by mistake when you did for name in ${array[@]} instead of for name in "${array[@]}" . (Actually, you should beware that invoking that operator like that by mistake is source of many bugs and security vulnerabilities).

Bourne/POSIX-like shells have a split+glob operator and it's invoked every time you leave a parameter expansion ( , ...), command substitution ( ), or arithmetic expansion ( ) unquoted in list context. Actually, you invoked it by mistake when you did for name in ${array[@]} instead of for name in "${array[@]}" . (Actually, you should beware that invoking that operator like that by mistake is source of many bugs and security vulnerabilities).

You'd need to replace that ~ with your home directory first. Assuming your home directory doesn't contain :: (cd / && sed "s:^~:$HOME:" | pax -w | gzip) < file.list > file.tar.gz Or if your tar is the one from GNU or bsdtar: (cd / && sed "s:^~:$HOME:" | tar -T - -zcf -) < file.list > file.tar.gz Some other tar have -I instead of -T for that. star uses a list=- argument for that (star cvf - list=-).