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- From: barr@stein.u.washington.edu (David Barr)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Which Shell to Use?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.060812.13744@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 7 Nov 92 06:08:12 GMT
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- satishc@microsoft.com (Satish Chittamuru) writes:
-
- >BTW, how does one accomplish file name completion in bash. An ESC
- >used to do it in ksh, but I haven't been able to do it in bash. I
- >usually do a C-? to see my options and manually type in the rest
- >solely my own and do not reflect Microsoft's views in any manner.
-
- Type TAB to complete a file name. If that doesn't complete it because
- there are several files with a common prefix, type tab a second time
- and you will see the possible completions. In ksh, filename completion
- is ESC ESC if your EDITOR variable ends in emacs and ESC \ if your
- EDITOR ends in vi.
-
- David
-