bash completion isn't working like it used to — not escaping spaces and oddities in filenames, etc [duplicate]

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Bash autocomplete doesn't escape SPACE and doesn't mark directories in Ubuntu 11.4 (1 answer)

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Okay, I just don't understand why this isn't working automatically.

When I'm working on my mac, spaces and other odd characters get escaped automatically when I do autocomplete in bash, but on my ubuntu box, they don't. Even worse, if I do escape the character, then try autocomplete, the escapes disappear. Why doesn't debian's bash complete know how to deal with spaces and other chars that need escaping out of the box??

Answer 1

THe answer to my question appears here:

Bash autocomplete doesn't escape SPACE and doesn't mark directories in Ubuntu 11.4

Remove /etc/bash_completion.d/acroread.sh

Answer 2

Debian isn't the same thing as Ubuntu. Also, bash completion isn't part of bash proper, it's a package. I suggest simply uninstalling and reinstalling the package. If you're curious or have customized changes to the bash stack, back up your files beforehand for comparison.