blob: 27a85504befd32cd56971088067a7a6093bdc818 [file] [log] [blame]
--- bash-completion-2.1/bash_completion.orig 2014-03-09 17:38:14 +0000
+++ bash-completion-2.1/bash_completion 2014-03-13 23:26:44 +0000
@@ -536,13 +536,23 @@
# @param $2 Name of variable to return result to
_quote_readline_by_ref()
{
- if [[ $1 == \'* ]]; then
+ if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+ # avoid quoting if empty
+ printf -v $2 %s "$1"
+ elif [[ $1 == \'* ]]; then
# Leave out first character
printf -v $2 %s "${1:1}"
+ elif [[ $1 == \~* ]]; then
+ # avoid escaping first ~
+ printf -v $2 \~%q "${1:1}"
else
printf -v $2 %q "$1"
fi
+ # Replace double escaping ( \\ ) by single ( \ )
+ # This happens always when argument is already escaped at cmdline,
+ # and passed to this function as e.g.: file\ with\ spaces
+ [[ ${!2} == *\\* ]] && printf -v $2 %s "${1//\\\\/\\}"
# If result becomes quoted like this: $'string', re-evaluate in order to
# drop the additional quoting. See also: http://www.mail-archive.com/
# bash-completion-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org/msg01942.html