Re: Command substitution (backtick) and tab completion

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:49:26 -0500 (EST) linux system
> > with default installation settings.
> >
> > In an earlier version of bash (3.2), the following works
> > ls `pwd`/<tab> (expands pwd).
> >
> > In bash 4.1 it does not. Am I missing a setting or something?
> > Thank you.
>
> Anybody that can at least verify this? Thanks.

   Yes, it works in 3.2 but not in 4.[012].

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