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TAB completion after "nice"


From: Peter D.
Subject: TAB completion after "nice"
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:30:51 +1100
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Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i586
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: i586-mandrake-linux-gnu-gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i586' 
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i586-mandrake-linux-gnu' 
-DCONF_VENDOR='mandrake' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I.  -I. -I./include -I./lib 
-D_GNU_SOURCE  -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -march=i586 -mcpu=pentiumpro
uname output: Linux c17 2.4.21-0.27psd #18 Tue Feb 3 16:25:11 EST 2004 i686 
unknown unknown GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i586-mandrake-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 2.05b
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release

Description:
        Bash has a clever TAB completion feature that will expand to
        possible commands in PATH for the first word on a line and
        then expand the second word to file names in the current
        directory (because the second word is "obviously" a parameter
        to be fed to the first word command).  

        When the first word on a line is "nice" the second word should
        be expanded as a command from PATH rather than a file name 
        argument.

Repeat-By:
        On my system;
                cd /etc/cron.daily
                tri[TAB]
        expands (correctly) to "tripwire", but 
                nice tri[TAB]
        expands (wrongly) to "nice tripwire-check".

Fix:
        When the first word on a line is "nice" (or "type", "whereis",
        "man", "info", etc.) don't change the TAB completion to its
        "argument" mode.

-- 
Sig goes here ...
Peter D.





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