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Article #57842Re: bash - completion question ???
From: Kevin Grant
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 00:00
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benjamin carlyle wrote: > > In <321BA66A.1BDA@itc.gu.edu.au> Kevin Grant <K.Grant@itc.gu.edu.au> writes: > > >for example > > l<TAB><TAB> > >produces a list of commands/aliases begiining with 'l' as expected. But > >if I type > > vi test.<TAB> > >to try and edit the file test.txt I get nothing but a beep. > >bash does not seem to be performing file-name completion. Is there > >something i've forgotton in setting it up. > > The beep usually means you've got another file with the same filespec in > the directory, or in your path. Try pressing <TAB> a second time, and it should > give you a list of the files it's trying to decide between. No, that's what's strange about it. The directory in which i was testing had only 1 file called test.txt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Grant K.Grant@its.gu.edu.au Griffith University Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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