GNU bug report logs - #29498
M-x shell tab expansions fooled into thinking >| should be like |

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 07:39:03 UTC

Severity: minor

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: M-x shell tab expansions fooled into thinking >| should be like |
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:38:25 +0800

M-x shell
$ date >    <TAB> # give no expansions. Bad.
$ date >  ./<TAB> # gives filenames. Good.
$ date >|   <TAB> # give no expansions. Bad.
$ date >| ./<TAB> # gives executables and subdirectories. Bad.
So M-x shell tab expansions are fooled into thinking >| should be like |
when in fact it should be like >.
And also there are Bad cases 1 and 2 above that need fixing.
emacs-version "25.2.2"
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