Hi Jonathan, Andrew, All: With respect to using the tab key in the terminal ...
Jonathan Cohn writes: > Your second question was related to file completion. This says too little. Yes, filename completion, but also command completion. In fact the strategy is widely implemented because it helps us all avoid making mistakes that cause us to retype stuff. It should work. If you're hearing a sound, it's because there are more than one completions. Hit tab a second time and you'll get a list of possible completions. Type a few more chars and you'll get either the entire command/filename, or another sound. This feature is common to shells these days. Every shell has it across all platforms. You can use it in Windows Power Shell, for instance. Everybody has it because it's so darn useful. Like I said, retyping a long complex command isn't fun. So, use tab early and often to get it right the first time. PS: The feature is called "tab completion." Best, Janina > This might depend on the shell you are using accounts created in Mojave or > earlier use bash and Catalina created account default to zsh. Also, it will > depend on what the behavior is for partial completions. If you have the files > dar1 dar2 dar3 and dar4 > Pressing d followed by escape will fill in "dar" and then I believe beep. If > you press tap a second time then you should get a list of possible matches. > Note this behavior is strictly related to the shell you are running and its > options set in the shell default / profile / login files. > Jonathan > > > > > On Mar 29, 2020, at 10:21 AM, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries > > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > When working in Terminal and command line, is it possible to examine the > > window content with Voiceover? Say , ls -l command produces a list of > > files in the directory I am in. How can I examine each file and maybe even > > copy their names to clipboard or details about them if I were to use the -l > > flag, which would produce long information about each item. > > > > Secondly, reading a book on Command Line, one of the shortcut techniques > > the author teaches is to start typing the name of a directory to which one > > wishes to change and then pressing tab, which would result in Terminal > > completing the name or else giving a list of available names if there > > should be more than one. This doesn’t seem to work. When I press the tab, > > I hear the ominous bong bong. So this technique doesn’t work. Any > > thoughts on this? > > > > andrew > > > > -- > > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > > Visionaries list. > > > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners > > or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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