On Mon 05 Sep 2005 at 14:25:25 +0200, you wrote: > X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: Peter Gebauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Debian-PR-Message: report 315515 > X-Debian-PR-Package: bash > X-Debian-PR-Keywords: > X-Mailer: reportbug 3.12 > X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at smtp.su.se > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at cs.tu-berlin.de (including spamassassin) > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=3 tests= > X-Spam-Level: > Resent-From: Peter Gebauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org > Resent-Cc: Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Resent-Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 10:33:10 UTC > Resent-Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Resent-Sender: Debian BTS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Peter Gebauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Bug#315515: bash: Environment variables completion error for > commands 'cd' and 'ls'. > Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 09:23:59 +0200 > > Package: bash > Version: 3.0-15 > Severity: minor > > "cd $MY_VAR<tab>" will complete to "cd \$MY_VARIABLE" and escape the > dollar character. > You don't want it escaped, you want to use it. Also, it doesn't need to > expand variables, just leave them as they are. > "ls $MY_VAR<tab>" will not complete at all.
This can't be fixed, due to a limitation in bash itself. For cd completion to treat pathnames correctly and not append a space to them, 'complete -o filenames' must be used. Unfortunately, this has the effect of treating $foo as a filename, too, so bash escapes the $ metacharacter. Ian -- Ian Macdonald | Q: What's the difference between a duck and [EMAIL PROTECTED] | an elephant? A: You can't get down off an http://www.caliban.org/ | elephant. | | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
