On Sun 16 Jan 2005 at 12:02:05 +0100, you wrote:

> bash: Completion doesn't use quotes or escapes for dd if=...wav
> 
> Package: bash
> Version: 2.05b-24
> Severity: normal
> 
> I had to manually add the quotes to this command line:
>   $ dd if='Bon Jovi-Livin on a prayer.wav'

This is a tough one to fix. If I add '-o filenames' to the complete
command for dd, bash will start to prefix options  with a
backslash, e.g. conv\=. This is cosmetic, however. Things will still
work.

I'll make the change for the next release and we'll see how people feel
about the new behaviour.

Ian
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