make first different character bold when showing completions ala emacs

# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/phpmyadmin_4%3a4. shows phpmyadmin_4%3a4.4.15-1_all.deb phpmyadmin_4%3a4.5.0.2-2_all.deb # dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/phpmyadmin_4%3a4. Can you please make the first different character bold, like emacs does, Possible completions are: phpmyadmin_4%3a4.4.15

Want way to run background processes with SIGINT unignored

Hi. I've been wrestling recently[1] with a bash script which invokes a number of subprocesses in parallel and collects the output. The problem is that if you ^C the script, the subprocesses carry on running. This is because of the standards-mandated resetting of SIGINT (and QUIT) to SIG_IGN in c

bad handling of error conditions in "type -P'

I've run across several problems with how type -P returns errors. 1) if a file isn't executable, type returns it anyway in ls -l /sbin/scat -r--r--r-- 1 root root 245663 Nov 19 2013 /sbin/scat type -P scat /sbin/scat 2) if a file is inaccessible, type still returns it an answer

bad handling of error conditions in "type -P'

There are several problems with how type -P returns errors. 1) if a file isn't executable, type returns it anyway in ls -l /sbin/scat -r--r--r-- 1 root root 245663 Nov 19 2013 /sbin/scat type -P scat /sbin/scat 2) if a file is inaccessible, type still returns it an answer for