[Bash-completion-devel] Bug#622383: Bug#622383: bash-completion: completion only works from left to right: error : bash: $index: substring expression < 0

[David Paleino]

tags 622383 unreproducible moreinfo
thanks

Hello,

On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:56:58 +0200, Alban Browaeys wrote:

> Typing :
> $ ls a
> then moving the cursor between 'ls' and 'a' and pressing <Tab> leads to:
> bash: $index: substring expression < 0
> 
> Thus completion only works right to the last character in a command. Is a fix
> at reach ? Or is it by design ?

I can't reproduce this (| is where I place the cursor, and hit TAB):

$ ls a|
acpi-path-to-use-sysfs.mdwn  am-assigned.mdwn
[..]
$ ls |a
Display all 110 possibilities? (y or n)
^C
$

Can you please "set -x", and paste/attach the output to the bugreport?

Thank you,
David

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