principiante wrote:
Hi, please try the following:
- fire up an xterm and create an empty directory
# mkdir empty
- go inside and try to complete a filename
# cd empty
# ls a<TAB>
Nothing happens. Ok.
- now open another xterm and put a filename
called aaa in the directory empty
- go back to the previous xterm: you should have the line
with the cursor after the "a"
# ls a
- press again <TAB> to complete. I get
aaa
# ls a
instead of
# ls aaa
Can you explain this?
Sure. Readline only inserts completions (or a unique prefix) on
the first tab. The second and subsequent tabs list possible completions
sharing a unique prefix. If you execute another readline command
between successive tabs, you'll get the completion you want.
