Hi; Back in the days of MS-DOA (um, msdos), I had a little tsr (forgot about *that* tla) called 4DOS that enhanced the command line experience. The more I work at the linux command line, the more I miss some basic functions. Ok, we have scroll back history, but how about: 1. Typing a partial command that exists in history, hit <F8>, and the command either gets completed (if unique string), or a little menu is presented. 2. Any command that involves a file or directory (in the current dir) can have the file/dir name auto-entered also via 'partial-string+function key'. I reason that linux, either gnome or kde terminal, surely must have a way of doing this. Have I overlooked aomething basic? Thank you; -nat