[Bug 1492906] Re: 'cd' and 'rmdir' and others fail to complete directory paths past the first level if the first directory contains single quotes

[Mathew Hodson]

** Summary changed:

- Fails to complete directory paths containing single quotes
+ 'cd' and 'rmdir' and others fail to complete directory paths past the first level if the first directory contains single quotes

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Title:
  'cd' and 'rmdir' and others fail to complete directory paths past the
  first level if the first directory contains single quotes

Status in bash-completion package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Tab completion of directory paths containing single quotes is broken
  like so:

  $ mkdir -p "a'b/c"
  $ cd a\'b/ # pressing tab won't complete the 'c' dir

  as opposed to:

  $ mkdir -p "de/f"
  $ cd de/ # pressing tab here completes the 'f' dir just fine, to 'de/f/'

  I initially thought this was Bug #1485777, but the reason I'm not so
  sure anymore is that for me, a manually appended \' does not disappear
  (unlike for the reporter of #1485777). This does however also seem
  like a regression back to the issue of Bug #590829.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: bash-completion 1:2.1-4ubuntu0.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-63.103-generic 3.13.11-ckt25
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-63-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Mon Sep  7 09:12:04 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-01-15 (2060 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: bash-completion
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-08-31 (6 days ago)

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