Re: "$PWD"/m.ter<tab> removes the quotes on expand

[Chet Ramey]

On 11/10/24 1:58 PM, #!microsuxx wrote:
> i try on fresh new termux
> to expand
>
> "$PWD"/smth<tab>
>
> it makes when completed the quotes away

It's a bit more subtle than that. When bash detects that there are
characters in the directory name that require quoting -- since it has
to expand the variable to find the directory to open for possible
completions -- it quotes the completed word.

$ mkdir dir\ with\ spaces
$ cp bash dir\ with\ spaces/
$ cd dir\ with\ spaces/

Here I typed "$PWD"/ba[TAB]

$ "$PWD/bash"


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