Re: Re: funny text in bash history

2014-09-29 Thread Stephen Allen
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 06:04:18PM +0100, Clive Standbridge wrote: > That's just for starters. Install the bash-completion package, > un-comment the code in ~/.bashrc following the "enable programmable > completion features" comment, and start a new shell. > > Now when you start typing and press

Re: Re: funny text in bash history

2014-09-28 Thread Clive Standbridge
> I do A LOT of computing from terminals... and use arrow up and down > ALL THE TIME.. Autocomplete would so ROCK! "Tab completion" is the key phrase. Assuming you use bash: When you want to complete a command or filename, press the Tab key. If the choices are ambiguous, you'll need to press Tab