bash attempted autocomplete creates escape characters prefixing variables
Bug #1010704 reported by
bobdobbs
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #778627: bash completion now quotes shell variable references rather than expanding them.
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| bash (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Fresh install of 12.04
I create variables in my bash profile.
From the commandline of any terminal emulator on the system, I start to create commands that make use of a variable.
When I hit TAB to get an autocompletion, instead of getting a completion, the variable on the line gets prefixed with an escape character.
So, '$VAR' becomes '\$VAR'.
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in bash (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.