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Article #2411Re: What should be in future SKsh versions?
From: Steve Koren
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1989 15:30
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1989 15:30
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> On the filename expansion, if an exact match is not available, then
> expand as much as possible. For example, in a directory with the
> filenames "foobar" and "foobat", when you type the expand key, it
> should expand to "fooba" and beep to tell you that an exact match
> wasn't made. At this point, you can manually type the "r" or the "t"
> yourself.
Try it, it works. It has always done as much of the expansion as it can
do.
> Also, could you put the '-F' flag on your 'ls' program? This flag will
> let you tell the difference between files and directories. It puts a
> '/' after files that are directories, '@' after files that are links,
> '*' after files that are executables, and nothing after everything else.
There is a -F option on the 'ls' command in SKsh 1.2, although it works
slightly differently than in Un*x (you can change colors, for example).
> that, or allow us a way to replace your built-in 'ls' with one of our
You can do that, too. Use something like:
alias ls='$(which ls)'
or
alias ls='sys:bin/ls'
- steve
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