[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#742345: bash-completion: Fails to autocomplete on filenames starting with a square bracket

2014-03-24 Thread David Paleino
On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:57:05 -0700 (PDT), psepheroth wrote: Is it ok if I will just wait for the stable release? I will verify the fix from there (the reason is, I don't want to install the unstable on my system) If that's ok with you. thanks. You don't need to upgrade to unstable. Just

[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#742345: bash-completion: Fails to autocomplete on filenames starting with a square bracket

2014-03-24 Thread psepheroth
hi there. I have followed the instructions, downloaded the file and do 'dpkg -i'. But still the problem occur. Here's the info after I installed version 2.1-4: $ dpkg -s bash-completion Package: bash-completion Status: install ok installed Priority: standard Section: shells Installed-Size: 929

[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#742345: bash-completion: Fails to autocomplete on filenames starting with a square bracket

2014-03-24 Thread psepheroth
Please disregard my previous comment. I tried restarting after the installation, and it will now work. Bash can now complete filenames with square-brackets. Verified fix. On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 7:12 AM, psepheroth psepher...@yahoo.com wrote: hi there. I have followed the instructions,

[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#742345: bash-completion: Fails to autocomplete on filenames starting with a square bracket

2014-03-22 Thread David Paleino
Hello, On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 01:09:03 +0800, Neilvert Noval wrote: [..] * What led up to the situation? On bash, I cannot autocomplete files starting with square brackets '['. Example, if I have a file [aText].txt, and I want to do: $ cat [tab The file won't