From: fkabe...@hotmail.com
To: bug-bash@gnu.org
Subject: `complete -f` does not work at all.
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: ok, I did
not change anything.
Machine: x86_64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt
-fexceptions -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wformat -Werror=format-security
-fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -fno-omit-frame-pointer
-mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer -g
-ffile-prefix-map=/build/bash/src=/usr/src/debug/bash -flto=auto
-DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin'
-DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH='/usr/bin' -DSYS_BASHRC='/etc/bash.bashrc'
-DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT='/etc/bash.bash_logout' -DNON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS
uname output: Linux arch.localdomain 6.11.8-arch1-2 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri,
15 Nov 2024 15:35:07 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 5.2
Patch Level: 37
Release Status: release
Description:
`compete -f`/`complete -A file` do not work at all, whilst `complete
-d`/`complete -A directory` work fine.
Someone from 2008 appears to have the same issue:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/bash-completion-complete-f-not-working-635918/
I also tested this on a recent version of Debian stable, with the same
results.
Thank you for your time.
Repeat-By:
$ bash --norc # irrelevant
$ ls /etc/inputrc $HOME/.inputrc # irrelevant
ls: cannot access '/etc/inputrc': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '/home/fkabell/.inputrc': No such file or directory
$ pacman -Q readline
readline 8.2.013-1
$ mkdir a_dir b_dir
$ touch c_file d_file
$ ls -F
a_dir/ b_dir/ c_file d_file
$ complete -d cd # works fine
$ cd <tab>
a_dir/ b_dir/
$ complete -f cat # does not work
$ cat <tab>
a_dir/ b_dir/ c_file d_file
# I was expecting to only see c_file and d_file.
