SVR4 /bin/sh BUG

Stew Ellis elliss at kira.egr.msu.edu
Tue Jun 18 12:32:11 AEST 1991


dave at jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Dave Hayes) writes:

>crash at ckctpa.UUCP (Frank J. Edwards) writes:

>>Why do *you* use csh?  What are the advantages (please be specific and
>>objective) of csh over ksh?

>Ksh doesn't have filename completion. (At least not that I know of)
>This is from a person who uses ksh, csh, and tcsh.

>-- 
>Dave Hayes - Network & Communications Engineering - JPL / NASA - Pasadena CA
>dave at elxr.jpl.nasa.gov       dave at jato.jpl.nasa.gov           ames!elroy!dxh

>         Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

Try <ESC><ESC>

That should fill out the name of a filename up to the point of ambiguity.

<ESC>*

will put all possible completions on the command line.

If these do not work with your ksh, please report the versions number.

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