Question about path name expansion

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From: Bjoern Wennberg
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 10:56

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When I hit <TAB> as the first character typed, bash 'almost' hangs forever
trying to figure out which command I was trying to invoke. 

Is there a way to make bash recognise that a tab was the first character typed
and just do nothing ?

bjornw>

Bjoern.Wennberg@colargol.edb.tih.no

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From: bjornw@colargol.ai.mit.EDU (Bjoern Wennberg)
Subject: Question about path name expansion
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