Maybe it has something to do with option settiings. Mathew, can you try with the following bash variables set to see if the problem appears for you? Also, BASH_VERSION='4.3.42(1)-release' pm wily, if that matters
BASH=/bin/bash SHELL=/bin/bash BASHOPTS=cdspell:checkwinsize:cmdhist:complete_fullquote:expand_aliases:extquote:force_fignore:histappend:histreedit:hostcomplete:huponexit:interactive_comments:progcomp:promptvars:shift_verbose:sourcepath CDPATH=.:..:../.. HISTIGNORE='pwd:exit:fg:fg *:bg:bg *:l:history:cd:dist_my_setup*' HISTSIZE=20000 IFS=$' \t\n' LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US OPTERR=1 OPTIND=1 SESSIONTYPE=gnome-session SHELLOPTS=braceexpand:hashall:histexpand:history:interactive-comments:monitor:vi -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/890913 Title: Typing "prg $HOME/<tab>" expands to "prg \$HOME/" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash-completion/+bug/890913/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs