[Bash-completion-devel] [bash-completion-Bugs][313078] bash_completion doesn't work on asterix (wildcard): e.g. mv *.txt<TAB>

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Sun Apr 10 23:59:25 UTC 2011


Bugs item #313078, was opened at 2011-04-10 23:59 by Alan Nye
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Status: Open
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Alan Nye (bowl-guest)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
Summary: bash_completion doesn't work on asterix (wildcard): e.g. mv *.txt<TAB> 
Distribution: --Distribution-Agnostic--
Originally reported in: None
Milestone: None
Status: None
Original bug number: 


Initial Comment:
Hi,

One thing that has bugged me is that <TAB> doesn't complete things with asterixes in them.

For example,

$ mv *.txt<TAB>

would produce the filenames of all files with extension .txt when NOT using bash_completion. This is useful as a check to see what files you're actually moving (in the example above).

When using bash_completion, hitting <TAB> doesn't do anything.

Any hints or workarounds for this problem?


Thanks,
Alan

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