Re: bash: ":?xxx" filename broken on autocomplete

[Gioele Barabucci]

Control: found -1 5.2.21-2

On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 16:36:03 +0200 Philipp Marek <philipp@marek.priv.at> 
wrote:
> the autocompletion is broken on filenames or directories with ":?" at the 
> beginning.
>
>     # mkdir ':?aa'
>     # rmdir :<tab>
>
> gives me
>
>     # rmdir :\:\?
>
> which doesn't match the filename; I can finish completion by entering "aa", 
> but then "rm" rejects this name.

In bash 5.2.21(1) the filename is now fully completed, but the stray ":" 
at the beginning is still produced:

    $ mkdir ':?aa'
    $ rmdir :<TAB>
    $ rmdir :\:\?aa/

Regards,

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Gioele Barabucci