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Re: ``complete -d -o default cd'' issue
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: ``complete -d -o default cd'' issue |
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Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:39:16 -0400 |
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On 7/25/11 10:21 PM, Clark J. Wang wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>wrote:
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>> "Clark J. Wang" <dearvoid@gmail.com> writes:
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>>> Here the <TAB> cannot expand ``*.d'' to ``long-dir-name.d''. Bug?
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>> You need to add -o bashdefault for that.
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> ``-o bashdefault'' works fine for me, thanks. But from the Bash manual I
> think ``-o default'' should also work:
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> -o default Use readline's default filename completion if the compspec
> generates no matches.
Globbing is not part of readline's set of filename completions. It is
implemented by the shell, hence the need for the bashdefault option.
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