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auto-completion in gnome-terminal

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Currently I have added following line to ~/.inputrc

set completion-ignore-case On

So that I don't have to worry about case of file name as my file names are different irrespective of case.

(Question1)
i am using ubuntu 8.04
say I have following files in a folder

Code:

2GB ddr3 sdram

AN3940_Hardware and Layout Design.pdf

AN4039_PowerQUICC and QorIQ.pdf

bdgm_final.doc

clock.xls

MPC8569 Core and IO power - design estima.pdf

_MPC8569E_Device_Errata_update_October_29.pdf

MPC8569EFS-2 page.pdf

MPC8569EPB.pdf

MPC8569E_Reference_Manual_(RevD).pdf

MPC8569E_Schematics.pdf

mpc 8569 features.doc

MPC8569_H_W_spec_Rev_F.pdf

MPC8569MDSFS.pdf

MPC8569-MDS-PB_HWGS_v3[1].1.pdf

naits

QEIWRM.pdf

sgmii.pdf

and I want to copy MPC8569E_Schematics.pdf to another folder.But I don't want to type whole name or a part of it but just press tab to get various options (like in DOS command prompt).
Is that possible ?

Currently If I run

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$ cp /data/sumeet/gpon/mpc8569/MPC8569E_then I pressed tab

MPC8569E_Reference_Manual_(RevD).pdf  MPC8569E_Schematics.pdf

$ cp /data/sumeet/gpon/mpc8569/MPC8569E_here I have to make my file choice clear by pressing 's'

Example:Say I have two files named qwertyu15 & qwertyu25 & rest files & sub-folders don't start with q.It would be better if I just press 'q' then tab to get both of them alternately instead of typing atleast 'qwertyu1' or 'qwertyu2' ?

(Question2)Please see last post at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...rminal-792484/ (No response since few days)

Thank You

Well i must say I am not sure how exactly to solve your problem, but it seems you would just like to be as lazy as possible as typing an 's' to get the
file you want is hard work.

Let me put it to you a different way, what do you expect the default action to be if you wish to tab-complete a command?
With your method, instead of being presented the alternatives and simply choosing the next letter to get what you want you would have to
keep tabbing through all the alternatives. Here is an example:

Code:

c[tab][tab]

If you perform this action on my linux box I am asked:

Code:

Display all 133 possibilities? (y or n)

Your solution would have me tab through all 133 until i see the one i need/want.

Maybe you should consider what happens here before trying to alter the current scenario.

to grail

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Example:Say I have two files named qwertyu15 & qwertyu25 & rest hundreds of files & sub-folders don't start with q.It would be better if I just press 'q' then tab to get both of them alternately instead of typing atleast 'qwertyu1' or 'qwertyu2' ?

Why on earth would you want bash not to be case sensitive?

From the computer's point of view, 'A' and 'a' are completely unrelated, separate letters with different ASCII codes.

Also, the Linux filesystem is case sensitive. What if you have two files, test and Test, in the same folder. How do you choose one if the command line is case insensitive?

to mtk358

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So that I don't have to worry about case of file name as my file names are different irrespective of case.

Though I know that file names with only case difference are valid & possible.