I can confirm this on a current hardy install. It is a problem with bash, not bash-completion.
In the given test-case compgen -f does not work correctly: $ touch "1'1 1" "1'2 2" $ compgen -f 1\' 1'2 2 1'1 1 $ compgen -f 1\'1 $ echo $? 1 ** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: bash-completion => bash Status: New => Confirmed -- tab completion fails when files have same prefix that ends in a quote/escapable-char https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/123665 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs