Re: [OCLUG-Tech] path completion query

2018-04-05 Thread Dianne Skoll
On Thu, 5 Apr 2018 10:16:29 -0400 J C Nash wrote: > And. ... tab on first couple of letters of symlinked directory gives > no /, but hitting tab again gives the /. Went back to my local bash > and same behaviour. That's a smart way to work. Sometimes you want the slash and sometimes not. cd sy

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] path completion query

2018-04-05 Thread J C Nash
Hmm. I downloaded latest source (my Linux Mint uses 4.3.48(1)) and built it. Tried it. And. ... tab on first couple of letters of symlinked directory gives no /, but hitting tab again gives the /. Went back to my local bash and same behaviour. Maybe this is intentional, and knowing the double tab

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] path completion query

2018-04-05 Thread Dianne Skoll
On Thu, 5 Apr 2018 09:17:21 -0400 J C Nash wrote: > When I am in a terminal and want to cd to the appropriate folder > I typically type just the first couple of characters then hit tab. > I've noticed that regular directories add the /, but command > completion for the symlinks leaves it off. Wh

[OCLUG-Tech] path completion query

2018-04-05 Thread J C Nash
I have set my /home directory so that there are several symlinks that point to directories on a second hard drive. Most of these are directories under version control (git or svn). When I am in a terminal and want to cd to the appropriate folder I typically type just the first couple of characters