[Bug 177243] Re: Bash command completion puts backslash in front of beginning dollar sign

[nacorn]

I see this behavior on 12.04 with 
GNU bash, version 4.2.24(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

I get the same behavior even when I remove /etc/bash_completion and
/etc/bash_completion.d

repro:
sudo mv /etc/bash_completion /etc/bash_completion.backup
sudo mv /etc/bash_completion.d /etc/bash_completion.d.backup
env -i HOME=$HOME DISPLAY="$DISPLAY" xterm -e bash --login --noprofile --norc

in new xterm:

bash-4.2$ cd $HOME<tab>
bash-4.2$ cd $HOME <cursor>        <--- just adds a space

bash-4.2$ cd $HOME/<tab>
bash-4.2$ cd \$HOME/<cursor>           <--- annoying bug (adds backslash before $)

bash-4.2$ xyz $HOME/<tab>
bash-4.2$ xyz \$HOME/<cursor>           <--- same behavior for any command (not just cd)

So maybe this is the bash default completion behavior?

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Title:
  Bash command completion puts backslash in front of beginning dollar
  sign

Status in “bash-completion” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “bash-completion” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Command completion inserts a backslash in front of the beginning
  collar sign of my environment variable.  Example:

  export MYENVVARB=xxx

  cd $MYE<tab>

  results in

  cd \$MYENVVARB

  which is not only seriously inconvenient, but I've never seen any
  standard Bash configuration that does it.  I recommend it be
  configured or programmed otherwise.  Perhaps there is a special mode
  for this, but it should not be turned on in the terminal.  Those
  terminals are places where environment variables will be used a lot,
  and people will want command completion for them.  This is completely
  non-standard.  I'm seeing it in both the standard terminals, and in
  the xterms I use.

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