Re: Tab completion of commands in directories with spaces adds extra backslashes.

> Machine Type: i486-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 3.2 > Patch Level: 48 > Release Status: release > > Description: > When tab-completing the name of a command, if that command is > inside a directory with spaces in its name, the tab completion > will add extra backslashes. Th

how to start in "overwrite-mode"

Hi bug-bash, I have a user we're trying to encourage to migrate from tcsh to bash, who is used to his shell starting up in overwrite mode (as opposed to the default Insert mode.) Long story short, while I can easily bind a key to the "overwrite-mode" readline function, I can't figure out how to m

Tab completion of commands in directories with spaces adds extra backslashes.

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: i486 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i486' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i486-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -D$ uname outpu

Re: slight OT: shell-script programing style -- origins and change?

Stephane CHAZELAS a écrit : > By convention, _environment_ variables are upper-case, which helps > in a shell script to distinguish them with ordinary variables. I > would consider shell scripts with all upper-case variables to be > poorly written, and I agree with the fact that it looks like > yel