> Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 3.1 > Patch Level: 1 > Release Status: release > > Description: > Tab completion is wrong when completing a file path if the > last component is quoted. > > Repeat-By: > rm -rf arena > mkdir arena > cd arena > mkdir d > touch d/f > ls d/'<TAB><TAB><Enter> > > Results: ls: d/d/f: No such file or directory
Readline understands single- and double-quoted strings and uses them as individual words to complete. The quotes are word breaks. This has been the case for a very long time. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet ) Live Strong. Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tiswww.tis.case.edu/~chet/ _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash