The null redirect was used for the /etc/issue to not be shown here. I mean although we dont have any tty attached, i assume the builtin should not do this. I only tested it with an older release, as you said, it seems to be corrected. Vincent
De : Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> À : Vincent Leduc <unix.sy...@yahoo.fr> Cc : "bug-bash@gnu.org" <bug-bash@gnu.org> Envoyé le : Vendredi 26 décembre 2014 19h36 Objet : Re: bash complete.c Vincent Leduc wrote: > sh-3.2# ssh localhost bash -i 2>/dev/null > root@localhost's password: > [tab][tab][enter] > Display all 1797 possibilities? (y or n)[enter] Although I can reproduce this in bash 4.2 it is not reproducible for me in bash 4.3. I assume that it was improved there. One problem in your example is that your bash does not have a tty attached to it. Add -t to ssh and you will then get a tty and you won't need to redirect 2>/dev/null anymore. ssh -t localhost bash Bob