X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:to:content-type:subject; q=dns; s=default; b=u9uw2D1Dp24+tjo/niJ0KMRJO6RbFDVb6a0rtUeoCrg LFTOZU8hoVRRTLfwQi1FzNejtylclbls18u7ibpXRbPfsq1E+QzpQmD7egxAKQwv thwUdjaJkW1zHBeqImbZnUlbS5Ijd47e0hjfKvbHhLV+fC3/Hz7xiRgO8OpCkUcI = DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:to:content-type:subject; s=default; bh=25eZfoL91FIYYDnIPl5emxbwIPQ=; b=XFDOSPKI98tVyweG0 zHx+8JTlDLvDhC0aQXlHA9p+hzGgQ2fb97rwIklmaHLfDreCOZ3or5apcpxLm31/ 9Jt/0IBE0gW86ra1e14955ZK/0yoW61QI6VGpoObOPn0EJrNyQQ3AQrmWzCqsOyI skcRY1qUMpM2wR+W2P9V1QL97c= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=carefully, H*MI:1c69fb81, H*M:1c69fb81, escaped X-HELO: mail-oi0-f66.google.com DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:date:from:to:user-agent:subject; bh=dlEAw1MyRSPViMkAQkQyXM5q8Xgw8PoGOq9x9H+OgrY=; b=aBRsI9EQK0eQm0kUo3hWNQPfsX+m65aufgin4orphp6s2v1/HvcsYwg2QotDS9jxgC 6zRnHw1PLPRWDuCQdP4TUnLei28xdPDe9ogE1sIOcGhJPOyUzbU7hPIICJXra/lQ0PNM CxL6IPC2PvSCBrwFbX0dlyFLEBZqDM/cZDJKJxay0kffRxOnXSsu84Pn9CGmt3FwGu7h llYVZR5Rqgy4dTwlSeBW+pCaw+SfItI1UkZyYk5YQEH570r1Ae55gdYRTrMUTnlrkYiG bE7604PaxymLvEuzg/Gad5zWzdkbrAGcKiDqZI8W72QX07nTrE95v8V92lEHYC6J97UY 04mg== Message-ID: <5b8f5198.1c69fb81.969c7.a997@mx.google.com> Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2018 20:46:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Steven Penny To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Tryst/2.8.0 (cup.github.io/tryst) Subject: Tab completion adding spurious escape characters If you create this file: touch -- \''-#%.!$&(),;@[]^`{}=_~+9zZ' Then enter "touch", "Tab", "Tab", you get this: touch \'-#%.\!\$\&\(\)\,\;\@\[\]\^\`\{\}\=_~+9zZ So the shell is saying that these characters need to be escaped: ' ! $ & ( ) , ; @ [ ] ^ ` { } = but they dont, not all of them: $ (set -x; true \' \! \$ \& \( \) \, \; \@ \[ \] \^ \` \{ \} \=) + true \' '!' '$' '&' '(' ')' , ';' @ '[' ']' '^' '`' '{' '}' = Notice carefully that the shell removes escaping for these: , @ = but tab completion is adding it. Is this an issue of Readline or Cygwin? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple