Re: double-tab Command in Linux

From: Jeremy Gray (gray_at_euthanasia.ath.cx)
Date: 11/20/03 

Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 03:47:48 GMT

Buck Turgidson <jc_va@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I recently found out about a command in Linux and apparently Solaris that
> allows you to type a letter, say 'a', and then the tab key twice, and you'll
> get back all the commands that start with 'a'.

It's tab completion, and it's present in shells, editors, and surely
other programs. Read the "programmable completion" part of man bash for
more details. In bash, it's far more powerful than just listing
executables in your path. 

-- 
Jeremy A. Gray
gray@metacomet.net
"Remember the Pueblo." -- the Fourth Law of Marvin

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