Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: bash

Create file named '***' in non-empty direcory:
$ touch \*\*\*
$ touch somefile

type
$ ls *
and press Tab for auto-completion (not Enter).
First time it will escape asterisk:
$ ls \*
but after second Tab it will escape \ instead of asterisk:
$ ls \\\*
$ ls \\\\\\\*

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: bash 4.1-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-30.59-generic 2.6.32.29+drm33.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-30-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 16 15:59:13 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=uk_UA:uk:en_GB:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=uk_UA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bash

** Affects: bash (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid

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Title:
  Bash auto-completion doesn't recognize three asterisks

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