TAB completes directories but not files (or some such)

Bug #1289603 reported by Barry Warsaw
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Bug Description

cd $HOME

$ ls ~/.ss[TAB]

This will complete to

$ ls ~/.ssh/

but now hit TAB again. Nothing gets completed even though there are lots of files in ~/.ssh

$ ls ~/.ssh/id[TAB]

Still no completion despite

% ls ~/.ssh/id* | wc -l
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: bash 4.3-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-16.36-generic 3.13.5
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Mar 7 16:46:37 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-06 (91 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
SourcePackage: bash
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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