> Description: > bash allows declaring functions with a name that contains `*'. > In the output of `complete -p', those function names will not be > quoted which makes the output of `complete -p' output not safe > to pass to `eval' or output to a file that will be read by > `source'. > > I think bash should quote the arguments to `-F' in the output of > `complete -p'.
Can you try the devel branch? There has been a related fix about a year ago: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2021-06/msg00140.html https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/commit/?h=devel&id=5a0e5b7b2862394cefccb919cddabf24f0ab4730 With the devel version, the commands you have provided produce the following result: $ bash-dev --norc $ a*x () { echo hi ;} $ complete -W 'something something' -F 'a*x' hello $ complete -p hello complete -W 'something something' -F 'a*x' hello -- Koichi
