[newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All Is there some program to provide auto-completion for the command line (bash)? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is there some program to provide auto-completion for the command line (bash)? Thanks in advance, Paul What exactly are you looking for? There is built in auto-completion in Bash already. Type part of a command, file name, or directory name, and hit Tab. It will

Re: [newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Paul Smith
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Is there some program to provide auto-completion for the command line (bash)? What exactly are you looking for? Thanks, Mikkel. I looking for a way of getting auto-completion according to history. For instance, one types ftp ftp.in.nowhere.com and when, afterwards,

Re: [newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Todd Slater
On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 03:47:26PM +0100, Paul Smith wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Is there some program to provide auto-completion for the command line (bash)? What exactly are you looking for? Thanks, Mikkel. I looking for a way of getting auto-completion according to history.

Re: [newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Clint Harshaw
Todd Slater wrote: [...] Thanks, Mikkel. I looking for a way of getting auto-completion according to history. For instance, one types ftp ftp.in.nowhere.com and when, afterwards, one types ftp ftp.i the mechanism of auto-completion should write ftp ftp.in.nowhere.com for you. Is it clear now?

Re: [newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Paul Smith
Todd Slater wrote: Is there some program to provide auto-completion for the command line (bash)? What exactly are you looking for? Thanks, Mikkel. I looking for a way of getting auto-completion according to history. Contol+r start typing command will search bash history and autocomplete for

Re: [newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Josenildo Marques
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Re: [newbie] Auto-completion for the command line

2004-08-11 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 11 August 2004 09:06 am, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All Is there some program to provide auto-completion for the command line (bash)? Thanks in advance, Paul 'urpmi bash-completion'(??) Adds back in funtionality that those that are smarter than us think is useless