I recently did a `slackpkg upgrade` and now have an annoying new "feature" when I use the <TAB> key to complete command and pathnames:

1. when I do e.g. `rlog updMbrGen<TAB>` it transforms that to "rlog ./updMbrGeneral", putting the "./" in front. Not a big deal because it works.

2. Worst, when I do `ls $CATALINA_HOME/<TAB>` it transforms it to "ls \$CATALINA_HOME/". That doesn't work as now the '$' is escaped, so further <TAB> attempts, such as `\$CATALINA_HOME/weba<TAB>` do not find the 'webapps' directory.

This used to work correctly before this update. In fact, what it used to do was expand `ls $CATALINA_HOME/<TAB>` to "ls /srv/tomcat/", which is the correct behavior.

Does anyone know what config setting I can change to fix this?

For 2, try "ls -N". There was a change in the default behavior for ls in the recent coreutils update.

This must be why files with spaces are now quoted. So far I haven't noticed any breakage due to this but it does look strange when you first see it.

The devs said breakage shouldn't occur, because the quotes are only used when outputting to a terminal. When it is piped into another program, the quotes aren't there.

See this for more details.

Tried it. Doesn't work. Still puts \$CATALINA_HOME/ when I type $CATALINA_HOME/<TAB>

P.I.A.!

Well, I don't know what to say, it works here...

To be clear I alias ls to 'ls -N --color=auto'.

Edit: Nvm, I tested it better, it happens with variables you set yourself, how are you setting it? It doesn't happen if you just 'ls $HOME/'.

Edit2: If I export the variable manually 'export ORB_HOME=$HOME', it works as expected.
If I set it in ~/.bash_profile, it starts wanting to do this instead...

I wiped the drive and did a clean install of Slackware64 14.1 and the problem is gone. Must have been some corruption in my installation.