besides not running newest bash On Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 17:36 Ian! D. Allen <idal...@idallen.ca> wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: x86_64 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 > -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/bash-a6qmCk/bash-5.0=. -fstack-protector-strong > -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security > uname output: Linux ubuntu20-04 5.13.0-30-generic #33~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP > Mon Feb 7 14:25:10 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 5.0 > Patch Level: 17 > Release Status: release > > Description: > BASH completion cannot correctly handle file names containing > newline characters. > > Repeat-By: > # First, get a shell with no completion loaded and show it working: > $ bash --norc > bash-5.0$ ls -b > one\ntwo\nthree\nfour\nfive\nsix > bash-5.0$ xxx <TAB>'one > two > three > four > five > six' > bash-5.0$ touch foo > bash-5.0$ xxx <TAB> > foo one^Jtwo^Jthree^Jfour^Jfive^Jsix > bash-5.0$ xxx <TAB>'one > two > three > four > five > six' > > # Now, load the completion scripts and watch it break: > bash-5.0$ source /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion > bash-5.0$ ls -b > foo one\ntwo\nthree\nfour\nfive\nsix > bash-5.0$ xxx <TAB> > five foo four one six three two > bash-5.0$ xxx o<TAB> > five four one six three two > > # The last two completions are garbage. > # The file name is being split on newlines. > > -- > | Ian! D. Allen, BA-Psych, MMath-CompSci idal...@idallen.ca Ottawa CANADA > | Home: www.idallen.com Contact Improvisation Dance: www.contactimprov.ca > | Former college professor of Free/Libre GNU+Linux @ teaching.idallen.com > | Improve democracy www.fairvote.ca and defend digital freedom www.eff.org > >
