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On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 09:58:33 -0500
Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:

> On 12/3/18 9:49 AM, Mattias Andr=C3=A9e wrote:
> > On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 09:33:48 -0500
> > Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
> >  =20
> >> On 12/1/18 3:12 PM, Mattias Andr=C3=A9e wrote: =20
> >>> Using Bash 4.4.023, type
> >>>
> >>> 	cd
> >>> 	mkdir -p 1/2
> >>> 	cd 1/2
> >>> 	touch ../../3
> >>> 	ln -s ~ 4
> >>> 	touch 5
> >>> 	ls 4/../
> >>>
> >>> without pressing enter at the last line,
> >>> instead press <tab> twice. 4/ and 5 will
> >>> be suggested, but if you press <enter>
> >>> you will see that it should suggest the> files in /home.   =20
> >>
> >> It's not a bug. Bash maintains a logical view of the file system and t=
he
> >> current directory for cd, pwd, and $PWD, as Posix specifies.  One of t=
he
> >> consequences is that the pathname of the current directory depends on =
the
> >> path used to reach it, which affects how bash canonicalizes `..'. Bash=
 is
> >> consistent in  its use of this logical view across shell features, whi=
ch
> >> includes completion.
> >>
> >> If you want to see a physical view of the file system, use
> >> `set -o physical'.
> >> =20
> >=20
> > Is there a way to only get physical view for
> > completion but logical view for cd, pwd, and $PWD? =20
>=20
> You can by using set -o physical within a completion function or running
> with set -o physical all the time and using `cd -L' and `pwd -L'.
>=20

Thanks!