From: d3fault
To: bug-bash@gnu.org,b...@packages.debian.org
Subject: bash completion of an option with a space in it, isn't double quoted
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: x86_64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR$
uname output: Linux debianD4faultHostname 4.9.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian
4.9.144-3.1 (2019-02-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 4.4
Patch Level: 12
Release Status: release
Description:
In the following example it auto-completes without putting double
quotes around "hi mom", which means a process would see it as 2
separate args instead of 1.
$ complete -W "hi\ mom foo bar" ls
$ ls h<tab>
which results in the erroneous completion (no double quotes):
$ ls hi mom
For a semi-related discussion which led me to discover this bug:
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-74692
and
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-74594
Repeat-By:
See above.
Fix:
After you press tab your pending command should look like this:
$ ls "hi mom"
