[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#511788: Bug#511788: fixed in bash-completion 1:1.2-1

[Freddy Vulto]

On 100617 12:22, Antoine wrote:
> However, before the fix, if you backspace deleted the extra, and then  
> typed a dot "." and then triggering [tab] completion again, it would  
> complete with available groups like for example from "chown  
> username.group[tab]" to "chown username.groupname"
> Since the fix, there is not anymore groupname completion

Usergroup completion has been improved indeed, but the dot isn't
supported anymore, see:

    http://www.mail-archive.com/bash-completion-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org/msg01515.html

Instead of typing a dot, you can type a colon ':' and then trigger [tab]
completion again.

Greetings,

Freddy Vulto
http://fvue.nl