touch $'tab\ttab'
echo ta[TAB] => works
echo tab<literal tab>ta[TAB] => works
so it's fixed in Trusty, or earlier.
** Changed in: bash-completion (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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bash autocompletion fails when name contains "illegal" (\t) characters
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