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bash completion processing gone bad, how to debug?

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Mar 15, 20262818 views
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It all started with a simple and now Space Tab gives nothing where it normally should give filenames. Oddly, works as expected. I clearly have a workaround, but I'd like to know what is catching my for special processing. is no help as shares the same settings as which does filename completion corr…

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alias gv='gvim --remote-quiet'

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I got it, finally. It was hiding in which - ironically - I overlooked as it didn't appear on my filename completions. The helpful bash_completions thinks that means so it will only allow me to complete filenames that it expects ghostview can handle:…

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