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Re: tab completion in bash



On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 11:06:46AM +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?

See /etc/bash_completion for how it works. If you're adding to it, best
to do so in your own .bashrc.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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