[Bug 1387057] Re: wildcard incorrect completion

[Peter Cordes]

The problem is a lack of quoting in
/usr/share/bash_completion/bash_completion.

set -x revealed where the problem happens:  in a compgen -X -f.  $quoted
is used without quotes, so it expands, and you get the first of however
many glob expansions.

 There are two unquoted uses of $quoted in _filedir().  Fixing them
fixed my tab-expanding-globs problem.

 Don't forget to apply the fix for bug 1390061, too.  Another case of
lack of quoting leading to code that doesn't do what was intended.

** Changed in: bash-completion (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Tags added: patch

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Title:
  wildcard incorrect completion

Status in bash-completion package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  steps to reproduce (verified on trusty)

  $ touch /tmp/file01.txt;touch /tmp/file11.txt
  $ file /tmp/fileTAB
  file01.txt     file02.txt
  $ file /tmp/file*TAB

  the last command will then incorrectly complete to

  $ file /tmp/file01.txt

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