Bash-completion not working as expected for directories

**Fabdog** · January 29th, 2009

Hi Forum,

I have a problem with the bash-completion for directories.
I am running Ubuntu 8.10, bash 3.2.39 and bash_completion 1.872

When I tab-expand a cd command I do not get the trailing slash
e.g.
cd Down
<Tab>
-> cd Downloads
I would expect -> cd Downloads/

The same holds for environment variables
cd $HOM
<Tab>
-> cd $HOME
instead of $HOME/

Furthermore, I have a directroy with a space in the name, the Tab Completion doesn't work.
Directory A B is expended not like "A\ B", but "A B".

Does anyone have an idea how to solve these problem? Is this a known issue? I found some similar links, but not the exact problem. Does anyone have a suggestions how I should edit my bash_completion or what I should do?

Cheers,
Fabdog

**anoxi** · April 16th, 2011

found one solution here http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...55&postcount=6

**TeoBigusGeekus** · April 16th, 2011

This isn't a problem at all

Code:

cd Desktop

is the same as

Code:

cd Desktop/

and

Code:

cd A\ B

is the same as

Code:

cd "A B"

**hmonteiro** · November 14th, 2011

That IS a problem.

Of course

Code:

cd Desktop

is the same as

Code:

cd Desktop/

But the problem only appears when you want to go deeper in the directory some more levels.
If you issue

Code:

cd Desk<tab>

, it will do

Code:

"cd Desktop "

(notice the extra space). Now try to append something more to that path. It won't work.
The decision of using completion that way was just wrong.

anoxi's solution solves it.

**hmonteiro** · November 14th, 2011

Actually the problem lies elsewhere.

See

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/745833

and

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...on/+bug/716008

Just remove /etc/bash_completion.d/acroread.sh and it'll all be fine. Although it's a temporary solution, it's the least intrusive i've seen so far.

Cheers.