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 -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
