[SOLVED] Bug? ksh and xterm

Gerard Lally · 11-28-2021, 06:17 PM

Slackware 64 -current (2021-11-28)

Tab to complete a file name in xterm, using ksh, doesn't seem to work.

For example, I try to extract Rainlendar-Pro-2.17.1-amd64.tar.bz2 :

I type tar xjvf Rain and press Tab, but the cursor just seems to move 8 spaces in the terminal, without completing the name.

Is this a bug with ksh?

Mechanikx · 11-28-2021, 07:51 PM

Try setting

Code:

set -o emacs

first and then see if you have completion. I'm not a ksh user but this worked for me.

khronosschoty · 11-28-2021, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerard Lally

Slackware 64 -current (2021-11-28)

Tab to complete a file name in xterm, using ksh, doesn't seem to work.

For example, I try to extract Rainlendar-Pro-2.17.1-amd64.tar.bz2 :

I type tar xjvf Rain and press Tab, but the cursor just seems to move 8 spaces in the terminal, without completing the name.

Is this a bug with ksh?

ksh doesn't provide tab completion like that, unless emacs mode is set. There is also a way to do name completion in vi mode (the standard) using escape.

pghvlaans · 11-28-2021, 10:56 PM

EDIT: It looks like either vi or emacs mode needs to be turned on for completions to work.

It seems to be working fine here. These are my options:

Code:

$ set -o
Current option settings
allexport                off
backslashctrl            on
bgnice                   on
braceexpand              on
clobber                  on
emacs                    off
errexit                  off
exec                     on
glob                     on
globcasedetect           off
globstar                 off
gmacs                    off
histexpand               on
ignoreeof                off
interactive              on
keyword                  off
letoctal                 off
log                      on
login_shell              off
markdirs                 off
monitor                  on
multiline                on
notify                   off
pipefail                 off
posix                    off
privileged               off
rc                       on
restricted               off
showme                   off
trackall                 off
unset                    on
verbose                  off
vi                       on
viraw                    on
xtrace                   off

Gerard Lally · 11-29-2021, 05:05 AM

Well, that's embarrassing. It's been so long since I set up the Korn shell from scratch I completely overlooked kshrc.

Thanks everybody.