From 8fcce724848bf39f673adbacac150c706d6c17ce 2013-03-04 19:52:24
From: MinRK <benjaminrk@gmail.com>
Date: 2013-03-04 19:52:24
Subject: [PATCH] expanduser on %%file targets

closes #2993

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diff --git a/IPython/core/magics/osm.py b/IPython/core/magics/osm.py
index 6c9da55..cbba198 100644
--- a/IPython/core/magics/osm.py
+++ b/IPython/core/magics/osm.py
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ class OSMagics(Magics):
         For frontends that do not support stdin (Notebook), -f is implied.
         """
         args = magic_arguments.parse_argstring(self.file, line)
-        filename = unquote_filename(args.filename)
+        filename = os.path.expanduser(unquote_filename(args.filename))
         
         if os.path.exists(filename):
             if args.amend: