cannot validate read -e entry when bound to TAB

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall uname output: Linux debvirt 6.0.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.0.5-1 (2022-10-28)

Re: compgen stops processing backslashes after any call to bind

On 16/12/2022 23:18, Chet Ramey wrote: Your arguments undergo word expansion, including double-quote processing, before compgen sees them. Thank you very much for your thorough explanation. I also take this opportunity to thank you for https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2022-11/msg0

Re: compgen stops processing backslashes after any call to bind

Well, it is said that directories sometimes harbor more than one item :) Fabien (of1) #!/usr/bin/env bash [[ -e "/tmp/Dir\\A" ]] && exit 2 mkdir -p /tmp/Dir\\A/dirB/ /tmp/Dir\\A/dir\\C/ touch /tmp/Dir\\A/fileA "/tmp/Dir\\A/file\\ B" f_c

Re: Enable compgen even when programmable completions are not available?

On 27/06/2023 21:05, Kerin Millar wrote: It doesn't work at all for >=5.2. The reason for this is interesting and I may make a separate post about it. Prior to 5.2, it can easily be tricked into printing names that do not exist. $ VAR=$'\nNONEXISTENT=' ./declare-P | grep ^NONEXISTENT NONEXISTE