Re: Incorrect completion when quoting last component of path

[Chet Ramey]

> Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 3.1
> Patch Level: 1
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       Tab completion is wrong when completing a file path if the
>       last component is quoted.
> 
> Repeat-By:
>       rm -rf arena
>       mkdir arena
>       cd arena
>       mkdir d
>       touch d/f
>       ls d/'<TAB><TAB><Enter>
> 
>       Results: ls: d/d/f: No such file or directory

Readline understands single- and double-quoted strings and uses them
as individual words to complete.  The quotes are word breaks.  This
has been the case for a very long time.

Chet

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