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Re: Subject: compgen -c generates duplicates (bug or feature?)
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Subject: compgen -c generates duplicates (bug or feature?) |
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Mon, 15 Sep 2003 16:31:48 -0400 |
> Machine Type: i386-pc-linux-gnu
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> Bash Version: 2.05b
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
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> Description:
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> If a given name exists within one's executable set more than once
> (a builtin and an executable, or executables in more than one
> directory, for example), compgen -c will output it multiple times.
compgen -c is intended to provide possible completions for the rest of
the bash/readline completion code, which takes care of removing
duplicate matches.
Chet
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