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Re: Bash programmable completion: `-W' option to `complete' command
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Bash programmable completion: `-W' option to `complete' command |
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Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:17:52 -0500 |
> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
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> Bash Version: 3.0
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
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> Description:
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> I'm having problems understanding the behaviour of the `-W' option to
> the `complete' command. I think there may be a bug in Bash.
It's actually a long-standing documentation bug. The programmable
completion code has never performed pathname expansion. Thanks for
pointing it out.
Chet
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