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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting configure bash completion for multiple possibilities Post 302582536 by jossojjos on Friday 16th of December 2011 09:40:24 AM
Old 12-16-2011
configure bash completion for multiple possibilities
Hello,

Bash completion is great, but there are some features I'd like to change. One thing is the behaviour when there are lots of very similar possibilities.

E.g., my directory contains 133 files, from pubmed_result1.txt to pubmed_result133.txt
Code:
[jos@faba Bib]$ ls Lyonprim/p[TAB]
Display all 133 possibilities? (y or n)

Here, one has to choose either y or n to get the completion up to "pubmed_result".
I seem to remember from a linux computer I worked on a few years ago, that pressing tab once would immediately complete as much as possible, and if one wanted to see the possibilities, one would have to press TAB again ; only two consecutive hits of TAB would trigger the question.

To stick with the example, I'd like to change this sequence :

Code:
[jos@faba Bib]$ ls Lyonprim/p[TAB]
Display all 133 possibilities? (y or n)[n]
[jos@faba Bib]$ ls Lyonprim/pubmed_result

into
Code:
[jos@faba Bib]$ ls Lyonprim/p[TAB]
[jos@faba Bib]$ ls Lyonprim/pubmed_result[TAB]
Display all 133 possibilities? (y or n)

Did you get what I wish to obtain ?
Does anyone know how to do this ?

Thanks a lot in advance !
 

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rcs2log

RCS2LOG(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						RCS2LOG(1)

NAME

     rcs2log -- RCS to ChangeLog generator

SYNOPSIS

     rcs2log [-c changelog] [-h hostname] [-i indent] [-l length] [-R] [-r option] [-t tabwidth] [-u login<TAB>fullname<TAB>mailaddr] [-v]
	     [--help] [--version] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

     The rcs2log utility generates a change log prefix from RCS files (perhaps in the CVS repository) and the ChangeLog (if any).

     The options are as follows:

     -c changelog
	     Output a change log prefix to changelog (default ChangeLog).

     -h hostname
	     Use hostname in change log entries (default current host).

     -i indent
	     Indent change log lines by indent spaces (default 8).

     -l length
	     Try to limit log lines to length characters (default 79).

     -R      If no file(s) are given and RCS is used, recurse through working directory.

     -r option
	     Pass option to subsidiary log command.

     -t tabwidth
	     Tab stops are every tabwidth characters (default 8).

     -u login<TAB>fullname<TAB>mailaddr
	     Assume login has fullname and mailaddr.

     -v      Append RCS revision to file names in log lines.

     --help  Output help.

     --version
	     Output version number.

SEE ALSO

     rcs(1), rcsintro(1), rlog(1), rcsfile(5)

AUTHORS

     Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>

BUGS

     Report bugs to <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>.

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