Debian Bug report logs - #633977
bash: completion adds "\ " at end of files in "sudo scp" command

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Isaac Freeman <isaac@us.ibm.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: bash: completion adds "\ " at end of files in "sudo scp" command

Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:28:51 -0400

Package: bash
Version: 4.1-3
Severity: normal

When typing a command starting with "sudo scp" and trying to tab-complete a filename, bash adds a trailing escaped space on the filename, i.e.:

"$ sudo scp /home/isaac/.bashrc\  "

In current testing the problem is different, the extra space is added but isn't escaped, i.e.:

"$ sudo scp /home/isaac/.bashrc  "

This at least doesn't break anything but is still incorrect.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages bash depends on:
ii  base-files                6.0squeeze1    Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii  dash                      0.5.5.1-7.4    POSIX-compliant shell
ii  debianutils               3.4            Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                     2.11.2-10      Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libncurses5               5.7+20100313-5 shared libraries for terminal hand

Versions of packages bash recommends:
ii  bash-completion               1:1.2-3    programmable completion for the ba

Versions of packages bash suggests:
pn  bash-doc                      <none>     (no description available)

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Message #10 received at 633977@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

To: Isaac Freeman <isaac@us.ibm.com>

Cc: 633977@bugs.debian.org, bash-completion@packages.debian.org

Subject: Re: bash: completion adds "\ " at end of files in "sudo scp" command

Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:12:10 -0500

reassign 633977 bash-completion 1:1.2-3
quit

Hi,

Isaac Freeman wrote:

> When typing a command starting with "sudo scp" and trying to
> tab-complete a filename, bash adds a trailing escaped space on the
> filename, i.e.:
>
> "$ sudo scp /home/isaac/.bashrc\  "
>
> In current testing the problem is different, the extra space is added but isn't escaped, i.e.:
>
> "$ sudo scp /home/isaac/.bashrc  "
>
> This at least doesn't break anything but is still incorrect.

Yep, that sounds like a bug.  Thanks for reporting it.

Regards,
Jonathan

Message #21 received at 633977-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Gabriel F. T. Gomes" <gabriel@inconstante.net.br>

To: <633977-close@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: bash: completion adds "\ " at end of files in "sudo scp" command

Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2018 22:42:43 -0200

On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:28:51 -0400 Isaac Freeman <isaac@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> Package: bash
> Version: 4.1-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> When typing a command starting with "sudo scp" and trying to tab-complete a filename, bash adds a trailing escaped space on the filename, i.e.:
> 
> "$ sudo scp /home/isaac/.bashrc\  "
> 
> In current testing the problem is different, the extra space is added but isn't escaped, i.e.:
> 
> "$ sudo scp /home/isaac/.bashrc  "
> 
> This at least doesn't break anything but is still incorrect.

With current bash-completion, this problem does not reproduce:

  # sudo scp /root/.bashr[TAB]
  # sudo scp /root/.bashrc [CURSOR]

I'm closing the bug report as it doesn't reproduce with current sources
(it would be too much trouble now, after so many years, to try and find
the version that fixed it).  Please, do not hesitate to reopen if you
have more information.

Kind regards,
Gabriel

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