On 9/1/19 11:10 AM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> $ ls *.pdf
> a.pdf b.pdf
> $ diff *.p<TAB>
>
> At this point <TAB> should complete "*.pdf".
It does (well, the default completion does, maybe programmable completion
for diff does too). But the two possible completions differ immediately --
in the first character -- so what are you going to do? Rather than remove
the word, as normal completion would do, the default bash completion leaves
it alone.
> Or maybe as a bonus it could complete "a.pdf b.pdf" via a different key.
You want it to insert the possible completions? Use C-x* in emacs mode:
glob-expand-word (C-x *)
The word before point is treated as a pattern for pathname
expansion, and the list of matching filenames is inserted,
replacing the word. If a numeric argument is supplied, an
asterisk is appended before pathname expansion.
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