Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: bash-completion
When attempting to write a command line to decompress a .tar.xz file,
tab completion fails:
m...@fennel:~$ ls -l *.tar.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 mbt mbt 4467540 2010-03-07 15:11 coreutils-8.4.tar.xz
m...@fennel:~$ tar xf core
Pressing TAB multiple times does nothing.
I think that completion should not be a whitelist thing; that is, there
should be some way to override the shell's notion of what you want it to
complete. For example, if I were to do:
m...@fennel:~$ ls -l *.tar.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 mbt mbt 4467540 2010-03-07 15:11 coreutils-8.4.tar.xz
m...@fennel:~$ tar xf ./core
… and press TAB multiple times, I still get nothing even though it
should be perfectly clear to the shell that I really _do_ want it to
autocomplete on the only possible file in the directory that matches the
prefix. This is also a problem when attempting to autocomplete names
for .zip files that have been renamed to something else entirely (such
as is the case for MozBackup’s renamed ZIP files, which is .pcv).
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Mar 7 15:12:04 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100224.1)
Package: bash-completion 1:1.1-3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-15.22-generic
SourcePackage: bash-completion
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-15-generic x86_64
** Affects: bash-completion (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid
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Bash completion fails for .tar.xz files when invoking tar
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/533985
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