Re: show-all-if-unmodified doesn't work when partial match contains an escaped character

[Chet Ramey]

On 8/20/20 2:19 AM, Abon B wrote:
> In bash 5.0.17 (readline 8.0.004), consider with
> 'set show-all-if-unmodified on':
> 
> $ touch 'test file-1.txt' 'test file-2.txt'
> $ ls test<tab>
> 
> This expands to 'ls test\ file-'. Then:
> 
> $ ls test\ file-<tab>
> 
> The partial match is unchanged, so with show-all-if-unmodified on it
> should show completions. However, it behaves as if the setting was not
> set and needs a second tab press to show completions.
> 
> Contrast that with:
> 
> $ touch 'test-file-1.txt' 'test-file-2.txt'
> $ ls test<tab>
> $ ls test-file-<tab>
> 
> Which shows matches with a single tab press as expected.
> 
> I also tested with literal tabs in the partial matches, which doesn't
> work either. I'd guess it has to do with the modification check not
> taking into account the escaped characters.

Thanks for the report. Your guess is spot on.

Chet

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