On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 03:28:27PM -0500, Nat Gross wrote: > 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: You're in luck. The Linux command line is way more powerful than that thing ever was. > 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. Hit <tab>. :) > 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'. Again. :) > I reason that linux, either gnome or kde terminal, surely must have a > way of doing this. > Have I overlooked aomething basic? Yup. :) Check out <http://www.caliban.org/bash/> for a bunch of great tips. The bash-completion package from that site is available from Fedora Extras. Install it with "yum install bash-completion". -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
