tags 377935 wontfix thanks Hi Reuben, hi Chris,
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:36:00 +0200, Chris Moore wrote: > Package: bash > Version: 3.1-5 > Severity: normal > > Create a file called 'abc:def': > > $ touch abc:def > > Type a command, and part of the filename, then hit tab: > $ rm abc:[TAB] > > The filename gets completed incorrectly: > $ rm abc:abc\:def On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:45:44 +0100, Chris Moore wrote: > This is still a problem (ash 3.1dfsg-8), and I just noticed another way that > it manifests itself: > > I have package 'libstdc++6-doc' installed, and want to view the man page for > std::multimap > > I type: > > $ man std::multim > > and hit tab, expecting it to be completed, but instead I see it completed like > this: > > $ man std::std\:\:multimap On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:36:22 +0000, Reuben Thomas wrote: > Package: bash > Version: 3.1dfsg-8 > Followup-For: Bug #377935 > > This bug is still present and annoying me most times I want to look up > a Perl man page. Any news? Any way I can help? ":" is a special Bash character [1], and we can't do anything about that. However, completion works just fine when not including the colon: $ touch foo:foo $ rm f[TAB] $ rm foo\:foo $ rm "f[TAB] $ rm "foo:foo" I believe bash-completion can't do anything in this case. So, please, if you know there are colons in the completed name (be it a filename, or a Perl module manpage), start it with '"', or escape the first colon. I'm sorry I can't help any more. Fellow developers, the usual disclaimer: I've tagged this as "wontfix", but feel free to retag at will. I believe it might be reassigned to bash, but I'll wait for discussion (here or on the mailing list). Kindly, David [0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=377935 [1] http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/special-chars.html#NULLREF -- . ''`. Debian maintainer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino : :' : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/ `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 ----|---- http://snipr.com/qa_page `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174
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