I checked my Ubuntu 14.04 machine and the problem is not solved yet. Run this command: strace bash -c ". /etc/bash_completion; quote_readline '/something'; echo" 2>&1 | grep /etc/passwd
When the problem is solved you should get no output and now you get this output: open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 The output indicates that it tries to expand the ~ and this is not what was intended and if some kind of network authentication is used it will cause long delays... sometimes more then 10 seconds... so this is a serious problem. Please apply the patch I provided 7 months ago when I reported this problem or test the fix they did upstream. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1390061 Title: bash-completion tilde expansion every time To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash-completion/+bug/1390061/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs