Re: exported variable and tab

[Roman Rakus]

On 03/28/2011 06:56 PM, Matias A. Fonzo wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have bash 4.2.8(2)-release with readline 6.2 running on GNU/Linux.
>
> I've exported a variable and when I press TAB, the result is a backslash.
> For example, with the case of the $HOME variable:
>
> $ mkdir $HOME/test
> $ cd $HOME/test<TAB>
>
> The result is:
>
> cd \$HOME/test
>
> Instead of showing the full path.
>
> Why bash 4.2 is trying to escape an environment variable (expanding with a
> directory or a file)?.
Already discussed. See the discussion starting at 
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-02/msg00274.html

RR