[Bug 1372286] Re: unwanted space after directory completion (probably old cruft after upgrades)

[latimerio]

another observation as an addon to my previous post  (I'd liked to edit
it but unfortunately I can't)

less /tmpX<TAB>      # gives  "less /tmpX/"  on the same line
type lv                          # gives "lv is /usr/bin/lv"
lv     /tmpX<TAB>       # gives "lv /tmpX " with a trailing space

So it is supposedly not the alias but some other mechanism.
Maybe it is a changed default for "unknown"  commands.

P.S. 
ls /etc/bash_completion.d      # on my ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS gives
 apt-file  axi-cache  debconf  gem1.9.1	grub  initramfs-tools  insserv	pon  ufw  upstart

cat /etc/bash_completion        # gives     
. /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion

ll /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion   # gives
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67659 Apr  7  2014 /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion

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Title:
  unwanted space after directory completion (probably old cruft after
  upgrades)

Status in bash-completion package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  With bash-completion 2.1, some users are seeing broken completion for
  directories, with a space being added at the end, requiring a
  [BACKSPACE]/[TAB].

  Testcase copied from bug 1000470, which I'm closing because it was
  probably from acroread.sh, which is now blacklisted.

  Extra space scenario:
  find /op<TAB> ==> find /opt<Space>

  Backslash scenario:
  cd ~
  mkdir -p test\ 1/test
  find test\ 1/t<TAB>
  find test 1/test
  find: `test': No such file or directory
  find: `1/test': No such file or directory

  
  This bug can get closed when we find out what other old files get left in /etc/bash_completion.d and cause problems, so we can blacklist them, too.

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