Downstream report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/1442974 get scan.pdf ~/Desktop/scan.pdf Error opening local file ~/Desktop/scan.pdf WORKAROUND: get scan.pdf /home/USERNAME/Desktop/scan.pdf
WORKAROUND works for me.
yes, this is not a bug at all. The expansion of tilde is a bash bahaviour, but smbclient is not bash.