[Bug 1291586] [NEW] autocomplete not working with escaped characters

[Christopher Barrington-Leigh]

Public bug reported:

After installing 14.04, bash's autocomplete is failing to complete
anything which ends in an escaped character, like a space or
parentheses.

If I type

ls myfile\(

and press tab once or more, nothing happens, even if files myfile(*
exist.

Instead, it should do a unique autocomplete (tab) or list all options
(double tab), like it used to

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: bash 4.3-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-17.37-generic 3.13.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Mar 12 14:56:35 2014
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-11 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140218)
SourcePackage: bash
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: bash (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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Title:
  autocomplete not working with escaped characters

Status in “bash” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After installing 14.04, bash's autocomplete is failing to complete
  anything which ends in an escaped character, like a space or
  parentheses.

  If I type

  ls myfile\(

  and press tab once or more, nothing happens, even if files myfile(*
  exist.

  Instead, it should do a unique autocomplete (tab) or list all options
  (double tab), like it used to

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: bash 4.3-2ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-17.37-generic 3.13.6
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Mar 12 14:56:35 2014
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-11 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140218)
  SourcePackage: bash
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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