This is upstream https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=311399&group_id=100114&atid=413095
As the comments there show, fixing this is hard, and means you can't even use compgen. (compgen uses newline as its output record separator.) ** Changed in: bash-completion (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Bug watch added: alioth.debian.org/ #311399 http://alioth.debian.org/support/tracker.php?aid=311399 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/692554 Title: Autocomplete fails on embedded newlines To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash-completion/+bug/692554/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs