Re: Error expanding variable containing a directory name

[Lawrence Velázquez]

> On Jul 23, 2020, at 12:08 PM, Lutz Adam <lutz.adam@posteo.de> wrote:
> 
> Bash Version: 5.0
> Patch Level: 17
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>        The content of $ML is "/media/lad".  There's a directory
>        /media/lad/p24. Typing the command
>             ls $ML/p24<TAB-key>
>        a backslash is put befor "$" and the line looks like:
>             ls \$ML/p24/
>        Typing the ENTER key shows:
>             ls: cannot access '$ML/p24/': No such file or directory.
> 
> Repeat-By:
>         Create a variable containing a directory name. Put a
>         subdirectory there under.
>         Type a "$" and the variable followed by a slash, the name
>         of the subdirectora and the TAB-key.

A recent identical report, plus responses:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2020-05/msg00040.html

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