Djamé Seddah wrote:
>>> I see the same behaviour as posted above.
>>>
>>> # mkdir =foo =foobar
>>> # cd =\=foo
>>> -bash: cd: ==foo: No such file or directory
>>> # echo $BASH_VERSION
>>> 2.05b.0(1)-release
>>>
>>> I get the same result with bash version 3.00.15(1)-release.
>>>
>>> I am not sure if this is related to bash completion package.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Type `complete cd'. If you get output, you're using a completion
>> function for cd. I can't reproduce the problem with stock bash-2.05
>> or 3.0.
>>
>> Chet
OK, I understand the issue now. It is, as a previous poster suggested,
related to the fact that `=' is one of the word break characters for the
readline completion code. The word completion functions never see the
`=' at the beginning of the file name. The insertion of the `\='
happens only when you hit TAB after typing the initial `='.
As of bash-3.0, the set of completion word break characters is available
in the value of the COMP_WORDBREAKS variable. You can remove `=' from
this set using something like
COMP_WORDBREAKS=${COMP_WORDBREAKS/=/}
and get the behavior you want.
Chet
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