From: Edward Seidl (seidl@alw.nih.gov)
Date: 02/11/93 

From: seidl@alw.nih.gov (Edward Seidl)
Subject: Re: File Completion Tools
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1993 18:48:00 GMT

In article <1993Feb11.083721.12273@worak.kaist.ac.kr>, wgcho@jinsil.kaist.ac.kr (Cho Wongyu) writes:
|> eep1ng@ee.surrey.ac.uk (Nicos Georgis) writes:
|> :
|> : I have installed Linux succesfully on my 386SX system,
|> : and I was wondering whether there are any file completion
|> : tools, ( for example by pressing ESC on partially formed filename,
|> : it is automatically completed, or getting alternatives by CTRL-D etc ..)
|> :
|> : Thanks for any &pointers!
|> :
|> : Nikos
|> As far as I know, /bin/bash has that function. When you type 'tab', it
|> completes the path and if you have multiple candidates, you need to press
|> 'tab' once more to get the candidate list.
|>
|> BTW, why doesn't 'set filec' works in csh??? I checked the source, and
|> according to it, it *should* work. Does anyone know why it doesn't work?
|>

Set filec does work. The "problem" is that csh is just a link to tcsh. In
tcsh you use tab for file completion rather than escape. 

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