Are there shell versions that have a more intelligent tab completion? I'd like to be able to type cd foo-<TAB> Then it would show me the possible completions along with numbers that I can type to select one of them:
cd foo-<TAB>
(1) foo-bar1 (2) foo-bar2 (3) foo-bad
So, after <TAB> I would type 3 and it would take me to foo-bad. Alternatively, using the arrow keys instead of typing the number would be fine.
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Code:
#if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
# . /etc/bash_completion
#fi
What versions of Ubuntu have this commented out? Every version I have used always has this uncommented.
I've spent some time searching for answers to this and I haven't found much at all.Please feel free to post pointers to other threads that discuss this particular problem, if you find any.The problem is that in bash I want to mount an iso file to inspect the contents with the command:Code:sudo mount myCD.iso CDMount -o loopThe command works fine, but pressing tab to complete either the iso filename or the CDMount directory does not work. The completion suggestions I get are existing mountpoints which The completion suggestions should include the files and directories in the current directory. This worked with Ubuntu 10.04 and not with 11.04.
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Quote:
mahmood@localhost:A$ ls
B
script.sh
How can I send TAB key code in script?
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[code]....
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System:
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FTP Server:
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Enabled in bashrc:
Code: Select allif ! shopt -oq posix; then
if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
. /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
. /etc/bash_completion
fi
fi
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Code:
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[Code]...
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Code: function bk
{
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[code]....
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[code]....
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Code:
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Code:
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[Code]...
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