bash completion on empty (blank) command
On MSYS2 on my Windows machine, I have to switch to bash because tcsh is flaky and after an hour of messing around with completion scripts, .bashrc and .inputrc, I have almost got bash to behave in a way I am used to. However, there's one piece missing.
In tcsh, I could list the current directory on a single TAB press (i.e., a blank command). I am sure there's a way to do this in bash with the complete -E option, but I can find no examples.
Any help is appreciated!
Regards
bash completion
asked Nov 15 '18 at 12:40
ProudPaganProudPagan
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On MSYS2 on my Windows machine, I have to switch to bash because tcsh is flaky and after an hour of messing around with completion scripts, .bashrc and .inputrc, I have almost got bash to behave in a way I am used to. However, there's one piece missing.
In tcsh, I could list the current directory on a single TAB press (i.e., a blank command). I am sure there's a way to do this in bash with the complete -E option, but I can find no examples.
Any help is appreciated!
Regards
bash completion
asked Nov 15 '18 at 12:40
ProudPaganProudPagan
106
add a comment |
On MSYS2 on my Windows machine, I have to switch to bash because tcsh is flaky and after an hour of messing around with completion scripts, .bashrc and .inputrc, I have almost got bash to behave in a way I am used to. However, there's one piece missing.
In tcsh, I could list the current directory on a single TAB press (i.e., a blank command). I am sure there's a way to do this in bash with the complete -E option, but I can find no examples.
Any help is appreciated!
Regards
bash completion
asked Nov 15 '18 at 12:40
ProudPaganProudPagan
106
On MSYS2 on my Windows machine, I have to switch to bash because tcsh is flaky and after an hour of messing around with completion scripts, .bashrc and .inputrc, I have almost got bash to behave in a way I am used to. However, there's one piece missing.
In tcsh, I could list the current directory on a single TAB press (i.e., a blank command). I am sure there's a way to do this in bash with the complete -E option, but I can find no examples.
Any help is appreciated!
Regards
bash completion
bash completion
asked Nov 15 '18 at 12:40
ProudPaganProudPagan
106
asked Nov 15 '18 at 12:40
ProudPaganProudPagan
106
asked Nov 15 '18 at 12:40
ProudPaganProudPagan
106
asked Nov 15 '18 at 12:40
ProudPaganProudPagan
106
asked Nov 15 '18 at 12:40
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This will do what you want:
complete -Ef
Now try <tab><tab>
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:15
hek2mglhek2mgl
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I was able to get what I wanted with this:
_listall ()
{
COMPREPLY+=( $( ls ./))
}
complete -F _listall -E
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:16
ProudPaganProudPagan
106
1
This won't work as expected for filenames containing whitespace or certain names contains glob meta characters.
– chepner
Nov 15 '18 at 13:51
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This will do what you want:
complete -Ef
Now try <tab><tab>
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:15
hek2mglhek2mgl
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This will do what you want:
complete -Ef
Now try <tab><tab>
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:15
hek2mglhek2mgl
108k13146170
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This will do what you want:
complete -Ef
Now try <tab><tab>
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:15
hek2mglhek2mgl
108k13146170
This will do what you want:
complete -Ef
Now try <tab><tab>
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:15
hek2mglhek2mgl
108k13146170
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:15
hek2mglhek2mgl
108k13146170
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:15
hek2mglhek2mgl
108k13146170
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I was able to get what I wanted with this:
_listall ()
{
COMPREPLY+=( $( ls ./))
}
complete -F _listall -E
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:16
ProudPaganProudPagan
106
1
This won't work as expected for filenames containing whitespace or certain names contains glob meta characters.
– chepner
Nov 15 '18 at 13:51
add a comment |
I was able to get what I wanted with this:
_listall ()
{
COMPREPLY+=( $( ls ./))
}
complete -F _listall -E
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:16
ProudPaganProudPagan
106
1
This won't work as expected for filenames containing whitespace or certain names contains glob meta characters.
– chepner
Nov 15 '18 at 13:51
add a comment |
I was able to get what I wanted with this:
_listall ()
{
COMPREPLY+=( $( ls ./))
}
complete -F _listall -E
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:16
ProudPaganProudPagan
106
I was able to get what I wanted with this:
_listall ()
{
COMPREPLY+=( $( ls ./))
}
complete -F _listall -E
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:16
ProudPaganProudPagan
106
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:16
ProudPaganProudPagan
106
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:16
ProudPaganProudPagan
106
answered Nov 15 '18 at 13:16
ProudPaganProudPagan
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106
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This won't work as expected for filenames containing whitespace or certain names contains glob meta characters.
– chepner
Nov 15 '18 at 13:51
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This won't work as expected for filenames containing whitespace or certain names contains glob meta characters.
– chepner
Nov 15 '18 at 13:51
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This won't work as expected for filenames containing whitespace or certain names contains glob meta characters.
– chepner
Nov 15 '18 at 13:51
This won't work as expected for filenames containing whitespace or certain names contains glob meta characters.
– chepner
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