On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 08:00:11PM +0100, LIVAI Daniel wrote:
> Can anyone else see this behaviour? I could reproduce it on two
> different OS:
>
> $ mkdir asd[fgh]jkl
> $ mkdir asd[fg]hjkl
> $ cd asd <-- now press the completion key, in my case TAB
> $ cd asd\[fg <-- ksh completed the name partially, so I add another
> character to narrow my options to exactly one:
> $ cd asd\[fgh <-- press completion key
> nothing happens, ksh won't complete it to the full 'asd[fgh]jkl' name.
Yes, tab-completion on directories with funny characters is broken
(at least for '[' and '@'). I had some (unfinished) diff a few years
ago, but unfortunately, I lost it.
Ciao,
Kili
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