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In maverick, lucid, and other even way older releases, I could use tab completion on a filename with characters with special meaning to the shell (e.g. spaces): matt@lemmankinan:/tmp/complete-test$ ls File with spaces.txt matt@lemmankinan:/tmp/complete-test$ mv File\ with\ spaces.txt .. (on second line, type "mv F<tab> .." However, in natty, this is broken for many (though strangely not all) commands: matt@sampo:/tmp/complete-test$ ls File with spaces.txt matt@sampo:/tmp/complete-test$ mv File with spaces.txt .. mv: cannot stat `File': No such file or directory mv: cannot stat `with': No such file or directory mv: cannot stat `spaces.txt': No such file or directory (again, typing "mv F<tab> .." If I start with a quote, e.g. "mv 'F<tab> .." that will work. There's also an additional problem with directory names. If I e.g. mkdir -p abc/def/ghi and try to move the above file, if I tab-complete the "abc" directory, it will end with a space instead of a slash, so I cannot complete further directories. Again, this works just fine in older releases. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: bash 4.2-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Apr 24 08:43:09 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110413) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: bash UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) EDIT: A solution is in comment 10. ** Affects: acroread (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: apport-bug natty regression-release running-unity unity-2d -- tab completion no longer escapes filenames and completes dirnames incorrectly (space instead of slash) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/769866 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Canonical Partner Developers, which is subscribed to acroread in Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~canonical-partner-dev Post to : canonical-partner-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~canonical-partner-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp