Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2021 13:54:41 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 254789] Tab completion acts differently in sh than csh when a directory name contains a space Message-ID: <bug-254789-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
index | next in thread | raw e-mail
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=254789 Bug ID: 254789 Summary: Tab completion acts differently in sh than csh when a directory name contains a space Product: Base System Version: Unspecified Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: misc Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: doctorwhoguy@gmail.com I first noticed this issue while using FreeBSD 13-RC4. It is still present in RC5. However because the bug is kind of subtle, it's possible it's been there a while and I just never noticed it. In any case, the behavior I expect from tab completion in the terminal is that a tab will complete a filename and enter a space automatically after the filename, but if tab completion fills out a directory name, it will put a forward slash after the directory name with no space. This is useful because an additional tab can be used to fill out additional elements in a path. However, I noticed that if a directory name contains a space, a tab will complete the directory name and automatically put a space at the end with no forward slash. In other words, it treats a directory name with a space the same as it treats a filename. This is annoying when trying to use tab to complete a path name with multiple elements because it requires a backspace and a forward slash before using tab again. But this bug only affects regular users and not root. Apparently this is because regular users use sh by default while root uses csh by default. If I type "csh" at the command line as a regular user to open a new shell, I get the expected behavior back. Also, even in sh, if a path name is prepended with double quotes, a tab will fill in a forward slash and no space at the end even when a space exists in a directory name. So this is currently the workaround. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
Want to link to this message? Use this
URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?bug-254789-227>