FS#35385 - [util-linux] rename: bash-completion doesn't work

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by A.K. Vidman (archer141) - Monday, 20 May 2013, 16:33 GMT
Last edited by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Friday, 24 October 2014, 13:36 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Tom Gundersen (tomegun)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

rename's bash-completion is faulty. Completing a filename
does not work. A TAB has no effect for the first two
arguments, if they exist. When completing with no argument
it completes "expression" and then "replacement" like so:

rename TAB
rename expression TAB
rename expression replacement

after which you can press TAB again to actually complete
filenames.

I'm using util-linux 2.23-2 and I think this happened with
the last upstream version update from .22 to .23, because
it worked a couple of months ago.
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Closed by  Dave Reisner (falconindy)
Friday, 24 October 2014, 13:36 GMT
Reason for closing:  Upstream
Additional comments about closing:  Please work with upstream if you want this behavior changed.
Comment by Dave Reisner (falconindy) - Monday, 20 May 2013, 17:01 GMT
Seems like it's working as intended. What do you propose the completions would be for the expression and replacement?
Comment by A.K. Vidman (archer141) - Monday, 20 May 2013, 23:18 GMT
Hi Dave, I guess my usage has been different than what was intended but I mostly used it to rename filenames with starting patterns and thus completing filenames as well in the first two arguments was more useful to me, so I could change them after completion. I see now what I'm asking for is more of a feature request, but that was the behaviour it showed some time ago.

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