Bash programmed autocomplete of commands with space within backquotes fails

[Thomas Guyot-Sionnest]

Binary package hint: bash

With Bash programable autocomplete (/etc/bash_completion), commands within backquotes containing a space doesn't get autocompleted properly:

$ touch ~/some_file_`date -I`.txt
$ ls ~/some_file_`date -I`.txt
/home/gaby/some_file_2008-08-03.txt

So far this works, but if I press the <TAB> key at the end of the command:
$ ls ~/some_file`date /home/gaby/some_file_2008-08-03.txt

The autocompletion doesn't overwrite the whole argument and leaves "~/some_file`date " in front of it.

This bug could be related to Bug #219406

PS: The backquotes feature works only with bash programmed completion (/etc/bash_completion).

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!