Back in May 2005. dsl@ added this in the BUGS section of sh(1): The characters generated by filename completion should probably be quoted to ensure that the filename is still valid after the input line has been processed.
Does anyone (including dsl obviously) have any idea what this actually refers to? That is, can someone give me an example of a situation where (however unlikely) it is possible that "bad things" might happen? If not, I am planning to delete that sentence. If there is some apparent (or possible) problem, I'd like to investigate, and if appropriate, fix it. kre