Package: bash-completion Version: 1:2.14.0-1 Severity: normal bug might be in bash itself, not in bash-completion, I'm not sure.
# STEP 1 $ touch a\$b $ touch a\$c $ ls 'a$b' 'a$c' $ b=GOTYA # STEP 2 # now, type # ls <tab> # the resulting display is $ ls a$ # press <tab> again, the display is $ ls a$ a$b a$c $ ls a$ # STEP 3 # now, type "b" to complete the filename, the display is $ ls a$b # type <enter>, message is: ls: cannot access 'aGOTYA': No such file or directory If one presses <tab> again before <enter>, then the display becomes $ ls a\$b meaning the '$' gets retroactively escaped and all goes correctly. But really at the end of "STEP 2", the final '$' should already be escaped, so that typing an extra letter that makes a complete filename just works. Or also consider: # type # ls <tab>* the result is: $ ls a$* ls: cannot access 'a': No such file or directory but after a <tab>, adding '*' should expand to all filenames possible, and her it does something else. On the other hand, if the user typed completely by hand: $ echo a$b then pressing <tab> should NOT escape the '$' since that is not what was meant. -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable'), (400, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.9.8-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=fr_LU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_LU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled -- no debconf information -- Lionel Mamane Tél: +352 46 67 74 Fax: +352 46 67 76 This message and any attachments may be intended to be confidential, intended solely for the addressee and/or contain legally privileged information. Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. Unless cryptographically protected, emails are susceptible to interception, alteration and spoofing, so in case of doubt, please check by independent means. We do not make any commitment by email, ever; if this emails appears to contain a commitment, we will not recognise the latter as valid, nor as engaging our liability. We make commitments only by a written paper document signed by at least one person entitled to engage our liability.
