Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 647524
completion after an environment variable results in a "bad substitution" error
Last modified: 2012-02-21 00:50:21 EST
Created attachment 456294 [details] filename completion patch Description of problem: Filename completion with M-= (or ESC =) after an environment variable fails with a "bad substitution" error: $ ksh $ set -o emacs $ grep $i ESC = ksh: ${!i @}: bad substitution It does not matter if $i is set or not. $ ksh $ set -o emacs $ export i=1 $ grep $i ESC = ksh: ${!i @}: bad substitution An upstream patch from Siddhesh Poyarekar fixes this bug. https://mailman.research.att.com/pipermail/ast-developers/2010q4/000795.html https://mailman.research.att.com/pipermail/ast-developers/2010q4/000796.html Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ksh-20100202-1.el5_5.1 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. ksh 2. set -o emacs 3. grep $i ESC = Actual results: ksh: ${!i @}: bad substitution Expected results: list of filenames Additional info:
thanks, reproducible
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This request was erroneously denied for the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The error has been fixed and this request has been re-proposed for the current release.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0159.html