With latest published osc from factory: # cat /etc/bash_completion.d/osc.sh test -z "$BASH_VERSION" && return complete -o default _nullcommand >/dev/null 2>&1 || return complete -r _nullcommand >/dev/null 2>&1 || return COMP_WORDBREAKS="${COMP_WORDBREAKS//:}" test -s /usr/share/osc/complete && complete -o default -C /usr/share/osc/complete osc test -s /usr/lib64/osc/complete && complete -o default -C /usr/lib64/osc/complete osc test -s /usr/lib/osc/complete && complete -o default -C /usr/lib/osc/complete osc # echo $COMP_WORDBREAKS "'><=;|&( @werner: by resolving this as invalid you are saying that either reporter is doing something completely wrong, or that behaviour is absolutely correct and reporter is crazy for complaining about it :)