Re: An annoying feature of file completion, perhaps?

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From: Salvador Abreu
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 10:22

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In article <ABREU.92Apr5184709@ionie.inria.fr> I write:

	[...]
> > When I type
> >
> > $ cat foo | sed -n '/^[TAB]
> >
> > it will not tab. I believe it is trying hard to file complete.
>
> don't use TAB when you don't want completion, use M-TAB (ESC-TAB if
> you lack a Meta key). it'll insert a plain TAB character.

Sorry, this *used* to be true in some older version of bash. It
doesn't do that any more in 1.12, use C-V TAB instead.

./salvador

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