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Re: vim like completion in bash?



I mean bash can not expand the wildcard after I press tab.
In a directory, there are two files: aaa and bbb
I type vi *aa* in the command line and press tab 
it can not be expaned to vi aaa
I want this kind of effect although it may not be possible.

Thank you.

On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 10:38:59AM +0100, Franck Joncourt wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 04:48:53PM +0800, Zhengquan Zhang wrote:
> > thank you,
> > ok I will try zsh then.
> > 
> > On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 12:33:10AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > > zhengquan zhang wrote:
> > > > I can :e *doc* in vim, pressing tab and it can help me find the document
> > > > I need,
> > > > but in bash if I use vi *doc* and press tab, nothing would happen, it
> > > > can not find the file I want to edit
> > > > Is there any switches to make it possible?
> 
> Maybe I have not understood your problem, but are you looking for bash
> completion ? If you are, enable it in /etc/bash.bashrc.
> 
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