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Started by Dan Jacobson
Thu, 20 Aug 1992 18:20
possible completions: bash doesn't show links@ directories/ ...
Author: Dan Jacobson
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 18:20
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 18:20
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[Bash 1.12] Below we see how when it comes time to list completions, bash crudely fills our 300 baud friends' screens with mucho blanks at the end of lines [as revealed by cat -v]. Furthermore, ksh smartly tells us if a file is a directory, by appending a slash/ like/ so/, whilst bash takes the plain jane approach. bash$ bla <TAB><TAB> xxxyyyx.Pin moers2.edu.tw ^M RMS moers2.edu.tw-chinese-pub.ls-R ^M ST.CATHARINES mule ^M TaiBunThongSin new ^M a new.p ^M a.p newImm ^M address.b purdue-fonts ^M bitNewsgroups ransom.ps ^M hz2ps-2.1.tar.Z ^M jaco5a ^M $ ksh -o emacs^M $ <ESC>= 9) RMS 37) moers2.edu.tw-chinese-pub.ls-R^M 10) ST.CATHARINES 38) moers2.edu.tw/^M 11) TaiBunThongSin 39) mule^M 12) a 40) new^M 13) a.p 41) new.p^M 14) address.b 42) newImm^M 15) bitNewsgroups 43) purdue-fonts/^M 16) check.addr 44) ransom.ps^M 17) cxterm/ 45) scr.RFPI^M [...] However, both ksh and bash fail to put@ an@ "@" at@ the@ end@ of@ filenames@ to indicate symbolic link! Infact, the observant observer would spot this as an opportunity for bash to pull ahead in the completion sparkle department, however I wouldn't go so far as adding all) those) wonderful) choice) numbers) [33) 34) 35)] a) la) ksh).
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