Hello,

On Saturday 21 November 2009 19:52:48, Philipp Weis wrote:
> Folder names with quotes confuse bash-completion.
> 
> $ mkdir a\'b
> $ touch a\'b/test
> $ cp a\'b/
> 
> The completing for the cp (or ls, mv, ...) parameter hangs after the
> first folder name and doesn't complete to the filename.

Confirming this bug.
Will work on it ASAP.

> Interestingly, it works with commands unknown to bash-completion.
> 
> $ ll a\'b/test
> $ xyz a\'b/test
> 
> work just fine.

Yes, because bash-completion doesn't play a role there (try <TAB>'ing after 
having "set -x")

Kindly,
David

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