On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 05:43:43 +0000 Kerin Millar <k...@plushkava.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 23:46:51 +0000 > Ole Tange via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell <bug-bash@gnu.org> > wrote: > > > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > > Machine: x86_64 > > OS: linux-gnu > > Compiler: gcc > > Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 > > uname output: Linux aspire 5.15.0-88-generic #98-Ubuntu SMP Mon Oct 2 > > 15:18:56 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu > > > > Bash Version: 5.2 > > Patch Level: 21 > > Release Status: release > > > > Description: > > Tested on git (2023-12-06). > > > > For the (admitedly weirdly named) dirs below TAB completion does not > > work correctly. > > > > Repeat-By: > > #!/bin/bash > > > > # TAB works > > # $ ls -l ta<TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB> > > # <works> > > # Tab completes but is escaped wrongly: > > # $ ls -l ta<TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB> > > # <completes wrongly> > > I can confirm this for both 5.2.21 and the development branch. The backticks > are not quoted as they ought to be, resulting in a command substitution. > > > > > mkdir -p 'tab/ > > `/tmp/trip`>/tmp/tripwire; > > '"'"'@<?[]|~\/tmp' > > > > # These give the same > > # $ ls -l tw<TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB> > > # $ ls -l tw<TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB> > > # But the last should include tmp > > I was not able to reproduce this, however. Apologies. I had overlooked the presence of the second mkdir command entirely. Indeed, it does not complete. -- Kerin Millar
