1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 576efc8e..dfeed52d 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ fn nativeMain(init: std.process.Init) !void {
         // itself, which is what a right click in that pane would have been.
         var look_buf: [64]u8 = undefined;
         const look = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&look_buf, "/pane/{d}/look", .{parent.serial});
-        const word = positional orelse {
+        const typed_word = positional orelse {
             var tag_buf: [64]u8 = undefined;
             const tag = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&tag_buf, "/pane/{d}/tag", .{parent.serial});
             const contents = ninep_io.Client.read(arena, parent.dial, tag, tag) catch |err| Refuse.with(init.io, tag, err);
@@ -415,7 +415,10 @@ fn nativeMain(init: std.process.Init) !void {
             try std.Io.File.stderr().writeStreamingAll(init.io, nested_text);
             std.process.exit(1);
         };
-        if (std.mem.indexOfAny(u8, word, "\r\n") != null) Refuse.with(init.io, "a file name", error.NotOneLine);
+        if (std.mem.indexOfAny(u8, typed_word, "\r\n") != null) Refuse.with(init.io, "a file name", error.NotOneLine);
+        // `pardes '~/x'`, quoted so the shell left it: home, as a look's.
+        var home_buf: [4096]u8 = undefined;
+        const word = pardes.filesystem.expandHome(typed_word, &home_buf);
         const target = @import("look.zig").parsePathLine(word);
         var realbuf: [4096]u8 = undefined;
         var newbuf: [4096]u8 = undefined;