Re: tab completing dir contents fails if dir name includes '[]'

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/21/19 6:46 PM, John Van Sickle wrote:
> bash version: 5.0.2(1)-release
> OS: Debian Sid, Linux 4.20.10, x86_64
> 
> Tab completion to list the contents of a directory will fail if the
> directory includes '[]' in its name.

Dropped a part from the original patch. Try the attached fix.

Chet

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*** ../bash-5.0-patched/bashline.c      2019-01-16 16:13:21.000000000 -0500
--- bashline.c  2019-02-22 09:29:08.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 3753,3757 ****
  
        case '\\':
!         if (*string == 0)
            return (0);           
        }
--- 3766,3770 ----
  
        case '\\':
!         if (*string++ == 0)
            return (0);           
        }