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bash-completion package

  1. Bug #1019217
  2. Comment #0

Comment 0 for bug 1019217

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Otus (jan-varho) wrote : Tab completion with tar -xf doesn't support spaces in file name

This works:

$ touch test\ file
$ tar -cf te<tab>
$ tar -cf test\ file

But this does not:

$ touch test\ file
$ tar -xf te<tab>
$ tar -xf test file

(No backslash.)

Even:

$ touch test\ file
$ tar -xf test\ file<tab>
$ tar -xf test file

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: bash-completion 1:1.3-1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 29 12:55:34 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120319)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bash-completion
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)