Sorry to bump that old thing, but apparently this is still happing in my 12.04 install?!
# vim /var/log/-bash: [: too many arguments -bash: [: too many arguments that happens only in my log directory where is this file: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Apr 25 2012 mail.* after deleting that file, the above command works like normal. thats the version i'm using: # dpkg -s bash-completion Package: bash-completion Status: install ok installed Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: standard Section: shells Installed-Size: 640 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]> Architecture: all Version: 1:1.3-1ubuntu8.1 Replaces: bash, cryptsetup (<< 2:1.1.2-2), xen-tools (<= 4.1-1) Depends: bash (>= 3.2) Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2) Conflicts: xen-tools (<= 4.1-1) Conffiles: /etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh c9f21609bdb02142c934d46b476210b7 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/461157 Title: bash-completion fails on files that start with * To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash-completion/+bug/461157/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
