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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting SSH connection killed by Tab key Post 302995414 by drysdalk on Wednesday 5th of April 2017 01:35:40 PM
Old 04-05-2017
Hi,

OK, thanks. It could be that for some reason Bash is segfaulting or otherwise crashing when it tries to do tab completion. To check that, try the following.
  1. Log in as usual
  2. Once you're logged in, type bash to start a sub-shell
  3. Type echo $SHLVL to see your current shell level
  4. Try to do tab completion. You'll probably end up back at a Bash prompt right away
  5. Do echo $SHLVL again. If the number has gone down by one, then that's what's happening - Bash is crashing on tab completion attempts

Anyway, just a thought - this might at least tell us if it's Bash that's dying, or if something else is going on.
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BASHBUG(1)						      General Commands Manual							BASHBUG(1)

NAME

       bashbug - report a bug in bash

SYNOPSIS

       bashbug [--version] [--help] [email-address]

DESCRIPTION

       bashbug	is  a shell script to help the user compose and mail bug reports concerning bash in a standard format.	bashbug invokes the editor
       specified by the environment variable EDITOR on a temporary copy of the bug report format outline. The user must fill  in  the  appropriate
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       the  bash  version, and the compilation environment.  The second section should be filled in with a description of the bug.  The third sec-
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ENVIRONMENT

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       HOME   Directory in which the failed bug report is saved if the mail fails.

       TMPDIR Directory in which to create temporary files and directories.

SEE ALSO

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AUTHORS

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