When I'm specifying arguments to the mv
or cp
commands at the command line and I hit tab
to autocomplete the argument, it lists the argument without special characters escaped. For instance, it lists ajax-loader(1).gif
literally when it should list it as ajax-loader\(1\).gif
Autocompleted arguments to the cd
command are listed correctly though. I don't know what's going on. I'd appreciate any help / insight.
You may want to check this out because I had the same problem and modifying /etc/bash_completion did solve it.
http://www.yenlo.nl/thijsvolders/2011/12/06/ubuntu-11-10-bash-autocompletion-changed/