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Re: [Help-bash] change completion from ls to ls -l
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: [Help-bash] change completion from ls to ls -l |
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Mon, 07 Apr 2014 08:28:56 -0400 |
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On 4/7/14, 8:09 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 07, 2014 at 01:56:38AM -0400, Jonathan Reed wrote:
>> I've never been a fan of how ls shows directory listings, and the
>> completion on a command like so uses it
>> cp /etc/ <TAB> <TAB>
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> Bash does not use ls to generate tab completions. It uses its own
> internal code.
This is true, though it's technically readline that handles it.
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