[Bug 470037] Re: sudo tab autocomplete shows erratic behavior with spaces in names

[Peter Cordes]

not present in Trusty.  Thanks Romanos for the testcase:

mkdir test{,\ space}
./test<tab>  => test/     test space/ 
sudo ./test<tab> =>  test/     test space/


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

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Title:
  sudo tab autocomplete shows erratic behavior with spaces in names

Status in bash-completion package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: bash-completion

  I have observed this behavior on two machines running Ubuntu AMD64
  9.10

  To reproduce, open up a terminal with bash
  Then go to a directory that contains a folder or directory with spaces in its name.
  Type "sudo ./" and then the first part of the name before the space. Ie, if you have "Ubuntu One" in your directory, type:
  sudo ./Ubuntu

  This will yield output like:
  mike at telescreen:~$ sudo ./Ubuntu
  One     Ubuntu  

  Going further, if you type:
  sudo ./Ubuntu\ 
  (note the space on the end of that)
  Hitting tab will yield
  mike at telescreen:~$ sudo ./Ubuntu\\\ 
  (with a space on the end)

  If you continue and type:
  sudo ./Ubuntu\ One/
  Hitting tab will yield:
  mike at telescreen:~$ sudo ./Ubuntu\\\ One/
  hitting tab again with resort to what you originally typed without the extra backslashes/escapes.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Nov  1 23:30:31 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: bash-completion 1:1.0-3ubuntu2
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
  SourcePackage: bash-completion
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

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