Fix __get_cword_at_cursor_by_ref: check for $index when completing with a cword+1 argument already present (Debian: #622383)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 589016b9..9d1e7ee7 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -373,6 +373,12 @@ __get_cword_at_cursor_by_ref() {
         fi
     done
 
+    if [[ $index -lt 0 ]]; then
+        # This happens when completing: "command | arg" (| is where
+        # TAB is hit)
+        index=0
+    fi
+
     if [[ "${words[cword]:0:${#cur}}" != "$cur" ]]; then
         # We messed up. At least return the whole word so things keep working
         cur2=${words[cword]}