[sr #111224] custom completion not used after escaped semicolon

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                 Summary: custom completion not used after escaped semicolon
                   Group: The GNU Bourne-Again SHell
               Submitter: None
               Submitted: Thu 10 Apr 2025 10:55:35 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                Severity: 2 - Minor
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: david@mandelberg.org
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux


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Follow-up Comments:


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Date: Thu 10 Apr 2025 10:55:35 PM UTC By: Anonymous
Given this function with completion:


$ LC_ALL=C bash --norc
bash-5.2$ f() { :; } && complete -A user f


Pressing tab at the end of this line completes to root as expected:


bash-5.2$ f abc ro


But this does not offer any completions, even though the backslash is
escaped:


bash-5.2$ f \; ro


This completes to /dev/null:


bash-5.2$ f \; /dev/nu









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