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

[Chet Ramey]

On 11/11/24 9:44 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 09:26:15 -0500, Chet Ramey wrote:
> > 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"
>
> Is that in the development version?  I can't reproduce that in 5.2.

Yes. It changed about two years ago. From CHANGES in bash-5.3-alpha:

b. Bash does a better job of preserving user-supplied quotes around a word
   completion, instead of requoting it.

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