F12: bash-completion issues?

Mikkel mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Thu Aug 12 22:32:44 UTC 2010


On 08/12/2010 05:26 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> On 08/12/2010 03:09 PM, JD wrote:
>>   On 08/12/2010 02:10 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>>   
>>> Perhaps I am assuming wrong, but it appears that bash-completion
>>> is not working for local files in the gnome-terminal?
>>>
>>> For example, I know there is a file in my desktop called "ListAvailable"
>>> so I tried this:
>>>
>>> # yum list available>  List<tab>
>>>
>>> and bash completion refuses to locate the local file and to expand it.
>>>
>>> Is this expected?
>>>
>>>
>>>     
>> In your .bashrc
>>
>> set complete-file ^I^I
>> (that's Control-I twice)
>>   
> I tried it (logged out and back in) and it does not
> change anything.  Same behaviour.
> 
> It is interesting there are different behaviours:
> 
> # L<Tab>
> LabPlot       LibraryLocal
> # cd Desk<Tab>  (expanded to Desktop, so it worked)
> # L<Tab>
> LabPlot       LibraryLocal
> # List<Tab> (Beeps everytime a Tab is hit, but no list is given)
> 
> 
Dumb question - is there a file List or List<something> in the
current directory? From what you describe, it does not sound like
there is...

As for running "List<Tab>", do you have a command List or
List<something> in your path?

Mikkel
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