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Re: TAB completion bug
From: |
Kerin Millar |
Subject: |
Re: TAB completion bug |
Date: |
Wed, 6 Dec 2023 06:04:10 +0000 |
On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 05:43:43 +0000
Kerin Millar <kfm@plushkava.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 23:46:51 +0000
> Ole Tange via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell <bug-bash@gnu.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> > Machine: x86_64
> > OS: linux-gnu
> > Compiler: gcc
> > Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2
> > uname output: Linux aspire 5.15.0-88-generic #98-Ubuntu SMP Mon Oct 2
> > 15:18:56 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> >
> > Bash Version: 5.2
> > Patch Level: 21
> > Release Status: release
> >
> > Description:
> > Tested on git (2023-12-06).
> >
> > For the (admitedly weirdly named) dirs below TAB completion does not
> > work correctly.
> >
> > Repeat-By:
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > # TAB works
> > # $ ls -l ta<TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB>
> > # <works>
> > # Tab completes but is escaped wrongly:
> > # $ ls -l ta<TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB>
> > # <completes wrongly>
>
> I can confirm this for both 5.2.21 and the development branch. The backticks
> are not quoted as they ought to be, resulting in a command substitution.
>
> >
> > mkdir -p 'tab/
> > `/tmp/trip`>/tmp/tripwire;
> > '"'"'@<?[]|~\/tmp'
> >
> > # These give the same
> > # $ ls -l tw<TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB>
> > # $ ls -l tw<TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB><TAB>
> > # But the last should include tmp
>
> I was not able to reproduce this, however.
Apologies. I had overlooked the presence of the second mkdir command entirely.
Indeed, it does not complete.
--
Kerin Millar