Debian Bug report logs - #742345
bash-completion: Fails to autocomplete on filenames starting with a square bracket

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

From: Neilvert Noval <mawala_una@codedincantation.com>

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

Subject: bash-completion: Fails to autocomplete on filenames starting with a square bracket

Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 01:09:03 +0800

Package: bash-completion
Version: 1:2.1-2
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?
        On bash, I cannot autocomplete files starting with square brackets '['. 
        Example, if I have a file [aText].txt, and I want to do:
            $> cat [<tab>
        The file won't autocomplete.
   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?
        I usually just type the whole file just to have a workaround. But it would be tiresome for long filenames.
   * What was the outcome of this action?
        Filenames starting with square brackets can't autocomplete. 
   * What outcome did you expect instead?
        Filenames starting with square brackets should autocomplete when the TAB key is pressed.
        

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-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.12-1-686-pae (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-completion depends on:
ii  bash  4.3-2
ii  dpkg  1.17.6

bash-completion recommends no packages.

bash-completion suggests no packages.

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Message #10 received at 742345@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Paleino <dapal@debian.org>

To: 742345@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Neilvert Noval <mawala_una@codedincantation.com>

Subject: Re: Bug#742345: bash-completion: Fails to autocomplete on filenames starting with a square bracket

Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 18:43:12 +0100

Hello,

On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 01:09:03 +0800, Neilvert Noval wrote:

> [..]
>    * What led up to the situation?
>         On bash, I cannot autocomplete files starting with square brackets
> '['. Example, if I have a file [aText].txt, and I want to do:
>             $> cat [<tab>
>         The file won't autocomplete.

Can you please try 2.1-3? It is currently in unstable, and we fixed a couple of
issues with bash 4.3 -- including failure to complete on filenames.

Thanks,
David

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Message #15 received at 742345@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Paleino <dapal@debian.org>

To: psepheroth <psepheroth@yahoo.com>

Cc: 742345@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#742345: bash-completion: Fails to autocomplete on filenames starting with a square bracket

Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:25:26 +0100

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On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:57:05 -0700 (PDT), psepheroth wrote:

> Is it ok if I will just wait for the stable release? I will verify the fix
> from there (the reason is, I don't want to install the unstable on my system)
> If that's ok with you.
> thanks.

You don't need to upgrade to unstable.

Just download
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/b/bash-completion/bash-completion_2.1-4_all.deb

and install it with "dpkg -i bash-completion_2.1-4_all.deb", and then open a
new bash shell to see if it works.

Thanks,
David

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Message #20 received at 742345@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: psepheroth <psepheroth@yahoo.com>

To: "dapal@debian.org" <dapal@debian.org>

Cc: "742345@bugs.debian.org" <742345@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#742345: bash-completion: Fails to autocomplete on filenames starting with a square bracket

Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:12:35 -0700 (PDT)

hi there.
I have followed the instructions, downloaded the file and do 'dpkg -i'. But still the problem occur.

Here's the info after I installed version 2.1-4:

$> dpkg -s bash-completion
Package: bash-completion
Status: install ok installed
Priority: standard
Section: shells
Installed-Size: 929
Maintainer: Bash Completion Maintainers <bash-completion-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: all
Multi-Arch: foreign
Version: 1:2.1-4
Replaces: bash, cryptsetup (<< 2:1.1.2-2), xen-tools (<= 4.1-1)
Depends: bash (>= 3.2)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2~)
Breaks: xen-tools (<= 4.1-1)
Conffiles:
 /etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh 749e4786543bc3d19e20b0e214806c35
 /etc/bash_completion a81b3f1cb197219b815942f4fc7fa94e
Description: programmable completion for the bash shell
 bash completion extends bash's standard completion behavior to achieve
 complex command lines with just a few keystrokes.  This project was
 conceived to produce programmable completion routines for the most
 common Linux/UNIX commands, reducing the amount of typing sysadmins
 and programmers need to do on a daily basis.
Homepage: http://bash-completion.alioth.debian.org




On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 1:25 AM, David Paleino <dapal@debian.org> wrote:
On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:57:05 -0700 (PDT), psepheroth wrote:

> Is it ok if I will just wait for the stable release? I will verify the fix
> from there (the reason is, I don't want to install the unstable on my system)
> If that's ok with you.
> thanks.

You don't need to upgrade to unstable.

Just download
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/b/bash-completion/bash-completion_2.1-4_all.deb

and install it with "dpkg -i bash-completion_2.1-4_all.deb", and then open a
new bash shell to see if it works.


Thanks,
David

-- 
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: :'  : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/
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Message #25 received at 742345@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: psepheroth <psepheroth@yahoo.com>

To: "dapal@debian.org" <dapal@debian.org>

Cc: "742345@bugs.debian.org" <742345@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#742345: bash-completion: Fails to autocomplete on filenames starting with a square bracket

Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:24:28 -0700 (PDT)

Please disregard my previous comment. I tried restarting after the installation, and it will now work.
Bash can now complete filenames with square-brackets.
Verified fix.


On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 7:12 AM, psepheroth <psepheroth@yahoo.com> wrote:
hi there.
I have followed the instructions, downloaded the file and do 'dpkg -i'. But still the problem occur.

Here's the info after I installed version 2.1-4:

$> dpkg -s bash-completion
Package: bash-completion
Status: install ok installed
Priority: standard
Section: shells
Installed-Size: 929
Maintainer: Bash Completion Maintainers <bash-completion-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: all
Multi-Arch: foreign
Version: 1:2.1-4
Replaces: bash, cryptsetup (<< 2:1.1.2-2), xen-tools (<= 4.1-1)
Depends: bash (>= 3.2)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2~)
Breaks: xen-tools (<= 4.1-1)
Conffiles:
 /etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh 749e4786543bc3d19e20b0e214806c35
 /etc/bash_completion a81b3f1cb197219b815942f4fc7fa94e
Description: programmable completion for the bash shell
 bash completion extends bash's standard completion behavior to achieve
 complex command lines with just a few keystrokes.  This project was
 conceived to produce programmable completion routines for the most
 common Linux/UNIX commands, reducing the amount of typing sysadmins
 and programmers need to do on a daily basis.
Homepage: http://bash-completion.alioth.debian.org





On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 1:25 AM, David Paleino <dapal@debian.org> wrote:
On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:57:05 -0700 (PDT), psepheroth wrote:

> Is it ok if I will just wait for the stable release? I will verify the fix
> from there (the reason is, I don't want to install the unstable on my system)
> If that's ok with you.
> thanks.

You don't need to upgrade to unstable.

Just download
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/b/bash-completion/bash-completion_2.1-4_all.deb

and install it with "dpkg -i bash-completion_2.1-4_all.deb", and then open a
new bash shell to see if it works.


Thanks,
David

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Message #34 received at 742345-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: David Paleino <dapal@debian.org>

To: control@bugs.debian.org

Cc: 742345-submitter@bugs.debian.org

Subject: closing 742345

Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 00:32:27 +0100

close 742345 1:2.1-4
thanks

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