Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > On 08/12/2010 03:32 PM, Mikkel wrote: >> On 08/12/2010 05:26 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >> >>> On 08/12/2010 03:09 PM, JD wrote: >>> >>>> On 08/12/2010 02:10 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Perhaps I am assuming wrong, but it appears that bash-completion >>>>> is not working for local files in the gnome-terminal? >>>>> >>>>> For example, I know there is a file in my desktop called "ListAvailable" >>>>> so I tried this: >>>>> >>>>> # yum list available> List<tab> >>>>> >>>>> and bash completion refuses to locate the local file and to expand it. >>>>> >>>>> Is this expected? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> In your .bashrc >>>> >>>> set complete-file ^I^I >>>> (that's Control-I twice) >>>> >>>> >>> I tried it (logged out and back in) and it does not >>> change anything. Same behaviour. >>> >>> It is interesting there are different behaviours: >>> >>> # L<Tab> >>> LabPlot LibraryLocal >>> # cd Desk<Tab> (expanded to Desktop, so it worked) >>> # L<Tab> >>> LabPlot LibraryLocal >>> # List<Tab> (Beeps everytime a Tab is hit, but no list is given) >>> >>> >>> >> Dumb question - is there a file List or List<something> in the >> current directory? From what you describe, it does not sound like >> there is... >> >> As for running "List<Tab>", do you have a command List or >> List<something> in your path? >> >> Mikkel >> > Yes, in the original post, I said that there is a ListAvailable file in > the Desktop > directory, so bash-completion does not find any matching file there. It > seems > that bash-completion does not work on local files that are known to be > there, > and I tried it on links, and directories (except for "Desktop" which it > did expand) > UNLESS it is prefixed with certain commands in front of it, such as: > > # cd ~/Desktop > # ls List<Tab> > ListAvailable > > So it worked. > > But these fails: > # List<Tab> > # ./List<Tab> > # yum list available > List<Tab> > The first one fails because you don't have the current directory in your PATH (and shouldn't, it's vastly safer to type "./" when you mean it). The second fails because the file isn't executable, so it's not a command. The third fails because ListAvailable is not a normal writable file (I don't have a guess what it is, though). Enter "ls -ld List*" and it will (probably) tell you something useful. If you are expecting files in the "Desktop" directory to be commands, that's not normally the case. -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines