From: barr@stein.u.washington.edu (David Barr) Subject: Re: Which Shell to Use? Date: 7 Nov 1992 06:08:12 GMT
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