On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 10:03:30AM -0400, Siteshwar Vashisht wrote: > $ mkdir testdir > $ cp rpmall.txt rpmshort.txt $_ # Use tab completion to complete filenames > cp: target '_filedir' is not a directory > > Last command fails because tab completing 'cp' command modifies value of > '$_'. Shall value of '$_' be modified if a command gets executed in > background ?
Sounds like bash-completion (which is a totally separate project from bash) strikes again.
