On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:37:42 +0200, Jon Ingason wrote: > mkdir -p vb-2015-10-15_07\:51\:53-win10/Machines > > and then used <TAB> to complete: > > ls vb-<TAB> > > and got > > ls vb-2015-10-15_07\:51\:53-win10/ > > and with > > ls vb-<TAB>/M<TAB> > ls vb-2015-10-15_07\:51\:53-win10/Machines/ Which works good enough, doesn't it? > But if I wrote > > ls vb-2015-10-15_07:51:53-win10/M<TAB> > ls: can't access vb-2015-10-15_07:51:53-win10/M: The file or the > directory does not exist > > The reason for this is you need to escape : with \ so that the shell > understand that : is a character. You can try the same with a few other characters, such as ';' instead of ':'. Different symptoms, but also requires escaping. Or quotes: ls "vb-2015-10-15_07:51:53-win1"/M<TAB> -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
