You're right. It seems to work when you're not using the bash-completion package. If you do however, then it's still broken.
I'm not sure yet wether it's a quoting problem or a genuine bug in bash: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/rrr(1)$ compgen -f "1\'" 1'2 2 1'1 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/rrr$ compgen -f "1\'2" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/rrr(1)$ compgen -f "1\\'2" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/rrr(1)$ compgen -f "1\\\'2" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/rrr(1)$ compgen -f "1\\\\'2" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/rrr(1)$ compgen -f "1\\\\\'2" 1'2 2 -- 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