Re: Problem with bash filename completetion

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Den 2015-10-15 kl. 15:35, skrev Joachim Backes:
> On 15.10.2015 14:04, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 10/15/2015 07:10 PM, Joachim Backes wrote:
>>> This can't be the problem! Otherwise, I would have similar problems
>>> with filenames containing "." (dots) in the names, because "." is a
>>> builtin command too.
>>
>> I think it is a problem....  Why?
>>
>> If I
>>
>> mkdir vb-2015-10-15_07:51:53-win10   and then do
>>
>> touch vb-2015<TAB>   I get it expanded to....
>>
>> touch vb-2015-10-15_07\:51\:53-win10/
>>
>> notice the : are being escaped.
> 
> My question is: why?
> 
> For example:
> 
> "mkdir a:b:c " runs without escaping the ":" chars!
> And then "ls a:b:c" runs without escaping ":" too.

Here you are not using the bash shell to interpret the argument. Instead
you are using /usr/bin/mkdir and /usr/bin/ls.

It is the bash shell that provides the file name completion.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Joachim Backes
> 


-- 
Regards

Jon Ingason


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