Re: bash auto-complete beep

Miguel Cruz (mnc@diana.law.yale.edu)
Sun, 21 Feb 1999 17:35:20 -0500 (EST)

You could switch to zsh... it has many more options for completion: You
can create configurations for completion of arguments to specific
commands, so telnet would let you complete from a list of hostnames, man
from your manpage directories, and so on. Repeatedly hitting tab will
rotate through the possible choices. Typos are corrected. And so on.
Actually, Bash may have some of these options but it's been a while for
me.

miguel

On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Chad Glendenin wrote:

> When you hit TAB in bash it will try to complete the filename you are
> typing. However, when the completion is ambiguous, bash beeps to express
> its displeasure with you. Is there a way to make this stop? The constant
> beeping is driving me NUTS (sure, I could just stop using auto-completion,
> but I'm really lazy, and I already have the habit from using emacs and
> ncftp). I tried to RTFM, but TFM is really long, so I just skimmed it and
> didn't see anything useful.
>
> Thanks,
> ccg
>
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