[Bug 692554] Re: Autocomplete fails on some filenames

[Peter Cordes]

Still broken in 14.04, bash-completion 1:2.1-4,  even with the fixes for
bug 1387057 and bug 1390061 applied.

Even the fallback minimal completion function fails for that directory from the OP.
mkdir -- $'--$`\! *@ \a\b\e\E\f\r\t\v\\\"\' \n'
echo ./-[TAB]bash: bad substitution: no closing "`" in `\! *@ 
        \"' 
-\$\`\\\!\ \*@\ ^G^H^[^[^L^M\        ^K\\\"\'\  

and the completed filename isn't the correct filename.  (changing echo
to ls or rm gives no such file or directory).

So even making things easy by starting the filename with ./ isn't
enough.  I guess the problem isn't that it starts with --.

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Title:
  Autocomplete fails on some filenames

Status in bash-completion package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: bash-completion

  After creating a directory or file with the standard escape sequences
  available in the Bash $'' string construct, filename autocompletion
  fails. For example:

  $ mkdir -- $'--$`\! *@ \a\b\e\E\f\r\t\v\\\"\' \n'
  $ rm -- \-\-
  [press TAB]
  $ rm -- \-\-bash: [: --$`\! *@
  : binary operator expected
  --\$\`\\\!\ \*@\ ^G^H^[^[^L^M\ ^K\\\"\'\  

  The good news is, if autocomplete can handle this filename, it should
  be able to handle _any_ *nix filename, that is, anything that doesn't
  contain a null character or a slash.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: bash-completion 1:1.1-3ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-26.48-generic 2.6.32.24+drm33.11
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-26-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Dec 20 14:05:33 2010
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LANG=en_US.utf8
  SourcePackage: bash-completion

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