[ale] cd command and auto complete

[Andrew Sledge]

You're looking for bash autocomplete, which uses the built in complete
command. Here is a good tutorial on how to assign autocompletes:
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/316

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:20 AM, <ale-request at ale.org> wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 09:12:14 -0400
> From: "Narahari 'n' Savitha" <savithari at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ale] cd command and auto complete
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> Message-ID: <BANLkTimwnyomu1Wud3K7nySDsE1wLXB3sQ at mail.gmail.com>
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> Friends:
>
> I use bash.  Take this scenario
>
> prompt>ls -l
> config
> configevents
>
> prompt>cd co<TAB>
>
> It does not alternate between config and confievents folder(s)
>
> However on Windoze platform
>
> c:\users\narahari>dir
> config
> configevents
>
> c:\users\narahari>cd co<TAB>
> It presents both config first and then another <TAB> puts configevents.
>
> How can I get that behaviour in bash ?
>
> -Narahari
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