bash tab completion issues with ubuntu 12.04

Question

I am having an issue with tab-completion that I am unable to solve. Specifically, whenever I try to tab-complete a directory, the completed directory name appears with a space following it instead of a forward slash to complete the rest. for example

~$ python ~/sof

tab-completes to

~$ python ~/software<space>

Instead of

~$ python ~/software/

Interestingly this does not happen with cd but with everything else it does.

Answer 1

Apparently it is a known bug. Deleting /etc/bash_completion.d/acroread.sh solved the issue.