[Bug 1520986] Re: bash-completion erases "if=" when using autocomplete with the dd command.

[Mathew Hodson]

** Tags added: wily

** Changed in: bash-completion (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

** Tags added: trusty

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Title:
  bash-completion erases "if=" when using autocomplete with the dd
  command.

Status in bash-completion package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Both my 14.04 and 15.10 install. using dd in a folder with the syntax
  `sudo dd if=[type letters and hit tab]` will start to auto-complete
  but erase `if=` and fail to continue to autocomplete.

  Steps - 
  1. Type out a dd command `sudo dd if=`
  2. Type beginning letters of an existing file.
  3. Hit tab to initiate auto-complete. 

  What should happen
  - autocomplete will put in the file name after if= and allow continuation and suggestions of the rest of the filename.

  What happens
  - the file name erases if= and prevents further autocomplete action

  ------
  `lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:	15.10

  apt-cache policy bash-completion
  bash-completion:
    Installed: 1:2.1-4.1ubuntu2
    Candidate: 1:2.1-4.1ubuntu2
    Version table:
   *** 1:2.1-4.1ubuntu2 0
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status`

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