THANK YOU!!! In 'ye olden days, we modified readline/readline_complete.c in the bash source code! :b! Brian D. McGrew { brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx || brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx } -- > This is a test. This is only a test! Had this been an actual emergency, you would have been told to cancel this test and seek professional assistance! -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tony Nelson Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 11:45 AM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: bash / word seperators At 8:50 AM -0700 5/8/06, Brian D. McGrew wrote: >Back in 'ye olden days, we used to have a customized version of bash >that recognized '/' as a word separator; which was very nice when >editing command lines, a CTRL-W would not erase your whole typed path, >just back to the slash. > >Without building a new version of bash, how can I make the shell >recognize '/' as a word separator??? You mean "readline", not "bash". Changing bash's definition of a word would have much more profound effects than you describe. Don't mess with IFS. Man bash shows "COMP_WORDBREAKS" as the relevent variable to set. (Don't unset it.) See "man bash", and search for "readline". So: COMP_WORDBREAKS=$COMP_WORDBREAKS/ does it. To have it every time, put that line in ~/.bashrc. ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list