This is some kind of a follow up on "Segfault on recursive trap/kill" reported by Mike Grewitz.
After setting FUNCNEST and the listing a file or using 'vi filname[TAB]' a bug is triggered. This is how I could reproduce this: f3d0r4:~/FOO# FUNCNEST=4 f3d0r4:~/FOO# ls procps-ng-3.3.12-3.fc28.src.rpm procps-ng-3.3.12-pmap-all-lines-twice.patch procps-ng-3.3.12.tar.xz procps-ng-3.3.14-CVE-2018-1124.patch procps-ng.spec README.md README.top f3d0r4:~/FOO# vi pr-bash: __reassemble_comp_words_by_ref: maximum function nesting level exceeded (4) f3d0r4:~/FOO# echo "$BASH_VERSION" 4.4.23(1)-release f3d0r4:~/FOO# ls pr-bash: __reassemble_comp_words_by_ref: maximum function nesting level exceeded (4) f3d0r4:~/FOO# set -x ++ printf '\033]0;%s@%s:%s\007' root f3d0r4 '~/FOO' f3d0r4:~/FOO# ls pr+ local cur prev words cword split + _init_completion -s + local exclude= flag outx errx inx OPTIND=1 + getopts n:e:o:i:s flag -s + case $flag in + split=false + exclude+== + getopts n:e:o:i:s flag -s + COMPREPLY=() + local 'redir=@(?([0-9])<|?([0-9&])>?(>)|>&)' + _get_comp_words_by_ref -n '=<>&' cur prev words cword + local exclude flag i OPTIND=1 + words=() + local cur cword words + upargs=() + upvars=() + local upargs upvars vcur vcword vprev vwords + getopts c:i:n:p:w: flag -n '=<>&' cur prev words cword + case $flag in + exclude='=<>&' + getopts c:i:n:p:w: flag -n '=<>&' cur prev words cword + [[ 6 -ge 3 ]] + case ${!OPTIND} in + vcur=cur + let 'OPTIND += 1' + [[ 6 -ge 4 ]] + case ${!OPTIND} in + vprev=prev + let 'OPTIND += 1' + [[ 6 -ge 5 ]] + case ${!OPTIND} in + vwords=words + let 'OPTIND += 1' + [[ 6 -ge 6 ]] + case ${!OPTIND} in + vcword=cword + let 'OPTIND += 1' + [[ 6 -ge 7 ]] + __get_cword_at_cursor_by_ref '=<>&' words cword cur + words=() + local cword words + __reassemble_comp_words_by_ref '=<>&' words cword -bash: __reassemble_comp_words_by_ref: maximum function nesting level exceeded (4) ++ printf '\033]0;%s@%s:%s\007' root f3d0r4 '~/FOO' Especially the following line: bash: __reassemble_comp_words_by_ref: maximum function nesting level exceeded (4) -- Met vriendelijke groet, Valentin Bajrami