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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 19:01:16 -0700
From: Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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Subject: Re: bug in bash completion?
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Scott Evans wrote:

> [tmp] $ ls a.            (press TAB)
> a.el    a.html  a.txt
> [tmp] $ ls a..           (extra period shown but not really there)

This has been reported and discussed numerous times.  It is a bug in
readline somewhere, but no one has been able to definitively track it
down yet.  Please read the old threads for workarounds and speculation:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cygwin&m=112491081332292&w=4
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cygwin&m=112472230626369&w=4
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cygwin&m=112196313722427&w=4
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cygwin&m=112126840422081&w=4

Brian

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