tab completion.

[cardshuffler]

using 2017.02.01 on ubuntu mate 16.10.

tab completion seems to no longer work.

i type 'you" then press tab and all is normal. i then proceed to type '--hls' then press tab but nothing happens. the expected outcome is 'youtube-dl --hls-prefer-native'.

[chim1aap]

There are three options: --hls-prefer-ffmpeg --hls-prefer-native --hls-use-mpegts.
Press tab a few times and bash should list all options.

[yan12125]

Thanks @chim1aap that's right

[cardshuffler]

nothing happens.

[yan12125]

Did you set tab completion correctly?

[cardshuffler]

yes. as stated if i type 'you' then press tab it works fine. it's when i type '--*' that the issue arises. --version doesn't work either.

[yan12125]

On Arch Linux I have to run source /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/youtube-dl before tab completion works. That's an Arch Linux bug. Maybe Ubuntu has similar bugs.

[cardshuffler]

i've tried a different keyboard just in case and the problem is still present.

i'll try the arch workaround when i can.