Alias completion question

Erik Christiansen dvalin at internode.on.net
Tue Mar 12 03:06:59 UTC 2019


On 11.03.19 20:32, Jason wrote:
> To prevent this, I usually press Tab one extra time to see how many 
> matches pop up; just wondering if that's what everyone else does too or 
> if there's something that would negate the need for the extra Tab press.

That's how mailbox name completion works too. It's what I expect and use.

In comparison, bash takes two additional tabs and a 'y' to bring up a
long list after one tab has partially completed "mail/cnc":

$ ls mail/cnc_linux_
Display all 456 possibilities? (y or n)

Erik


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