BASH PATCH REPORT ================= Bash-Release: 4.3 Patch-ID: bash43-015 Bug-Reported-by: Clark Wang Bug-Reference-ID: Bug-Reference-URL: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2014-04/msg00095.html Bug-Description: When completing directory names, the directory name is dequoted twice. This causes problems for directories with single and double quotes in their names. Patch (apply with `patch -p0'): --- a/bashline.c +++ b/bashline.c @@ -4167,9 +4167,16 @@ bash_directory_completion_matches (text) int qc; qc = rl_dispatching ? rl_completion_quote_character : 0; - dfn = bash_dequote_filename ((char *)text, qc); + /* If rl_completion_found_quote != 0, rl_completion_matches will call the + filename dequoting function, causing the directory name to be dequoted + twice. */ + if (rl_dispatching && rl_completion_found_quote == 0) + dfn = bash_dequote_filename ((char *)text, qc); + else + dfn = (char *)text; m1 = rl_completion_matches (dfn, rl_filename_completion_function); - free (dfn); + if (dfn != text) + free (dfn); if (m1 == 0 || m1[0] == 0) return m1; --- a/patchlevel.h +++ b/patchlevel.h @@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ regexp `^#define[ ]*PATCHLEVEL', since that's what support/mkversion.sh looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */ -#define PATCHLEVEL 14 +#define PATCHLEVEL 15 #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */