> It depends heavily on how the variables IFS and zf are set. From 'man bash':
>
> -W wordlist
> The wordlist is split using the characters in the IFS special
> variable as delimiters, and each resultant word is expanded.
> The possible completions are the members of the resultant
> list which match the word being completed.
I used a newline since the original listing comes from `find'.
> You didn't say how you assigned the variable zf. If you simply did
> zf=$(ls /home/mathias/Videos/movies/*), the "Brazil" line will be split
> into 4 words instead of 1. However, your output suggest that you somehow
> managed to combine all file names to a single word starting with
> Harry.Potter.
Yes, that could be the case.
> Try this: Choose a character which doesn't appear in any file name,
> e.g., ':'.
>
> list=$(printf "%s:" /home/mathias/Videos/movies/*)
> IFS=: compgen -W "$list" -- $zc
That works, thanks! However, I also want files from sub folders to be
found, so I use `find' to list them.
Here is my latest attempt, using the idea of setting IFS to `:':
_mm2() {
local cur files
COMPREPLY=()
cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
files=$(find /home/mathias/Videos/movies/ -iname '*.avi' -type f -
printf "%p:")
OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS=:
COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "${files}" -- ${cur}))
IFS=$OLDIFS
}
complete -o filenames -F _mm2 mm
Looks like it should work but it does not. Typing mm<SPC><TAB> gives
the listing and completes all the way to the path, but if I add B
again it does not match Brazil.
Any ideas?
