cbcscmrs@csun.edu (10/13/89)
Brian, in bash 1.03 there is an interesting mis-feature. I have a file called gcc*' that I want to remove so I type in rm -i gcc<TAB> and I get exaclty what I expected. But after hitting return, I realized that what I expected was wrong, and what I should have expected was a completion of gcc\*\' not gcc*'. Could you extend bash to quote funny characters when doing completions. Thanks.
mikem+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Michael Meyer) (12/02/89)
Perhaps this is my error ..... Try creating a file called (say) =junk, then doing ls =<TAB> GNU bash, version 1.04.1 will not complete the file name. However files with names that start with + signs seem to be OK. More weirdness. If you have two files, say =fred and frog, then ls =fr<TAB> will give ls =frog i.e, the completion will ignore the leading = character. Regards, --Mike Meyer