On Sat, 2016-11-05 at 16:57 -0700, stan wrote: > On Sat, 5 Nov 2016 15:40:54 -0400 > Michael B Allen <ioplex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I have two files: > > > > SUM-12_schematic.pdf > > VMware-Workstation-Full-10.0.1-1379776.x86_64.txt > > > > Doing: > > > > # ls SUM<tab> > > > > works as expected and completes the filename but doing: > > > > # sh -f VMw<tab> > > > > does not work. The filename is not completed. > > > > Clearly someone is trying to "help" me and not complete a file that sh > > is not normally known to be used with sh. > > > > Can someone tell me how to disable this "helpful" behavior? > > I think Andras answered your question, but here's a workaround. > Install gpm, the terminal mouse program. Then if you do an ls, and > double click on the file name, it will put the name in a buffer. Then > type your command, and where you would put the file name paste the > buffer with the center button. I use this as much as completion, but > even more I use ctrl-r to search and reuse history the second time I > use the command. > > eg > > ls VM* > double click on name > sh -f center paste name I think the X server does that directly. It works in every text pane, not just Shell terminals. No need to install gpm. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
