Treat arguments starting with . or ~ as paths where that check is done.

completions/_yum

@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ _yum()
 
     if [ -n "$special" ]; then
         # TODO: install|update|upgrade should not match *src.rpm
-        if [[ "$cur" == */* && "$special" == @(deplist|install|update|upgrade) ]]; then
+        if [[ "$cur" == @(*/|[.~])* && \
+            "$special" == @(deplist|install|update|upgrade) ]]; then
             _filedir rpm
             return 0
         fi

completions/info

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ _info()
 
     _expand || return 0
 
-    # default completion if parameter contains /
-    if [[ "$cur" == */* ]]; then
+    # default completion if parameter looks like a path
+    if [[ "$cur" == @(*/|[.~])* ]]; then
         _filedir
         return 0
     fi

completions/man

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ _man()
 
     _expand || return 0
 
-    # file based completion if parameter contains /
-    if [[ "$cur" == */* ]]; then
+    # file based completion if parameter looks like a path
+    if [[ "$cur" == @(*/|[.~])* ]]; then
         _filedir $manext
         return 0
     fi

completions/module-init-tools

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ _insmod()
     fi
 
     # do filename completion if we're giving a path to a module
-    if [[ "$cur" == */* ]]; then
+    if [[ "$cur" == @(*/|[.~])* ]]; then
         _filedir '@(?(k)o?(.gz))'
         return 0
     fi

completions/perl

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ _perldoc()
         COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '-h -v -t -u -m -l -F -X -f -q' -- "$cur" ))
     else
         # return available modules (unless it is clearly a file)
-        if [[ "$cur" != */* ]]; then
+        if [[ "$cur" != @(*/|[.~])* ]]; then
             _perlmodules $perl
             COMPREPLY+=( $( compgen -W \
                 '$( MANPAGER=/bin/cat PAGER=/bin/cat man perl |  \

completions/ssh

@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ _scp()
                 COMPREPLY=( "${COMPREPLY[@]/%/ }" )
                 return 0
                 ;;
-            */*)
-                # pass through
+            */*|[.~]*)
+                # not a known host, pass through
                 ;;
             *)
                 _known_hosts_real -c -a -F "$configfile" "$cur"

completions/sshfs

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ _sshfs()
         return 0
     fi
 
-    [[ "$cur" == */* ]] || _known_hosts_real -c -a "$cur"
+    [[ "$cur" == @(*/|[.~])* ]] || _known_hosts_real -c -a "$cur"
 
     declare -F _scp_local_files &>/dev/null && _scp_local_files -d