/usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion has a bunch of stuff about treating : specially, for completing host:path in scp and similar commands. Spent a bit of time looking at the source of this behaviour, but haven't found it yet.
set -x before pressing tab, and paste that into a file to look at while going through the code seems helpful, but it's slow going. There's clearly a bug, though, since either it should return all files in the directory after trying to complete on :, or it should just work. You can work around the bug by \quoting the :, though. echo \:<TAB> works fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/219406 Title: bash autocomplete broken when a : is in the path To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash-completion/+bug/219406/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
