Re: tab completion in bash

[Carlos Sousa <csousa@tvtel.pt>]

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:06:46 +0200 Borislav Petkov wrote:
> when i type a program name at the bash prompt and then auto-complete
> for a filename by pressing <Tab> it deliberately (i think) selects
> only those files that can be opened with the aforegoing program's
> name. Example, kuickview -> .jpg, .gif etc.
> Where can i tweak this bash behavior so that I could tell it to
> recognize .m2v files as to be opened with mplayer, for example?

In bash, type 'help compgen' and 'help complete'
and check:
   /etc/bash_completion
   /etc/bash_completion.d/

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Carlos Sousa
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