command not found handle doesn't work for url

Question

I'm trying to setup the command_not_found_handle for URL links,

%> command_not_found_handle() { echo "OK"; }
%> aaaaa
OK
%> http://www.google.com
bash: http://www.google.com: No such file or directory

So it works for normal input, but not URL links, any ideas?

Answer 1

URLs are treated as containing subdirectories. E.g. see this:

$ command_not_found_handle() { echo "OK"; }
$ aaa
OK
$ aaa/bbb
bash: aaa/bbb: No such file or directory
$ 

That is, it works when you run a command, but then when you run a command with a slash, it likely tries to do bbb in folder aaa. The same happens with URLs - it considers it running the command www.google.com within the directory http:.

From the bash man page:

If the name is neither a shell function nor a builtin, and contains no slashes, bash searches each element of the PATH for a directory containing an executable file by that name. Bash uses a hash table to remember the full pathnames of executable files (see hash under SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS below). A full search of the directories in PATH is performed only if the command is not found in the hash table. If the search is unsuccessful, the shell searches for a defined shell func‐ tion named command_not_found_handle. If that function exists, it is invoked with the original command and the original command's arguments as its arguments, and the function's exit status becomes the exit status of the shell. If that function is not defined, the shell prints an error message and returns an exit status of 127.

Emphasis mine.