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bash filename completion messed up...

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AZ Nomad...

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:40 am

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Something has updated bash filename completion in a way I don't
like.

I used to be able to get filename or directory completion anytime including
names in quotes.

For example:

Quote:

ls /dat/movies/Milk<tab
Milk extras/ Milk.avi

Here we have a subdirectory ("Milk extras") and a file ("Milk.avi")

Quote:

ls /dat/movies/"Milk<tab
used to produce the same list. or I could hit tab on "Milk e" and get

extras. This doesn't work any more.

Names in quotes no longer expand.

I can use:

Quote:

ls /dat/movies/Milk\ e<tab
and get the e expanded into 'extras', but I often have a name that I put

in quotes because it has many spaces. I'd rather have the feature of name
expansion from quoted names back.

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