Command ($ or #) line; smart completion?

Nat Gross nat101l at gmail.com
Mon Nov 28 21:34:16 UTC 2005


On 11/28/05, Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 04:18:29PM -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
> > Interesting note. I do NOT [yet] have the bash-completion pkg
> > installed, and upon reading your message I tried hitting tab. Hitting
> > tab twice produced these results.
>
> By default, it will complete any unambiguous command when you hit tab. If
> it's ambiguous, it'll beep (which you won't hear, unless you've configured
> something specially), and then show the list of possibilities when you hit
> tab again.
>
> To cause it to produce the list immediately, type
>
>  set show-all-if-ambiguous
>
> or put that in your .bash_profile.
>
> But be aware that this is even more annoying than the beeping. :)
>
What a bash! ain't gonna bash bash, anymore.
TA
-nat




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