[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#647352: ssh completion only completes first two hosts per line of known_hosts

[Paul Wise]

retitle 647352 ssh completion only completes first two hosts per line of known_hosts
thanks

On Wed, 2011-11-02 at 12:34 +0800, Paul Wise wrote:

> I am unable to complete 'ssh alio' when my hosts file contains special
> characters before the alioth alias. It works when I put the special
> characters at the end though. The / and + are for jumping through
> different kinds of ssh jumphosts[1].

Turns out that this is because of this line in /etc/bash_completion:

            /^\s*[^|\#]/ {for (i=1; i<=2; ++i) { \

When I changed the 2 to 20 my issue was resolved.

-- 
bye,
pabs

http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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