Re: Re: funny text in bash history
> I do A LOT of computing from terminals... and use arrow up and down
> ALL THE TIME.. Autocomplete would so ROCK!
"Tab completion" is the key phrase.
Assuming you use bash: When you want to complete a command or
filename, press the Tab key. If the choices are ambiguous, you'll need
to press Tab again.
You can fine-tune the tab-completion behaviour with variables in
~/.inputrc - run "man bash" and search for "Readline Variables" for
details.
That's just for starters. Install the bash-completion package,
un-comment the code in ~/.bashrc following the "enable programmable
completion features" comment, and start a new shell.
Now when you start typing and press Tab, it will offer all sorts of
completions in context, e.g. command options, hostnames, and more.
Rock on!
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Cheers,
Clive
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