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Re: ls -F style list upon TAB expansion
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Chet Ramey |
Subject: |
Re: ls -F style list upon TAB expansion |
Date: |
Wed, 08 Oct 2003 16:45:53 -0400 |
> Wishlist: How can I get TAB to show me which choices are directories,
> symlinks etc?
> # mv /var/lib/dpkg/<TAB>
> alternatives diversions methlock statoverride-old
> Or must I use ls -F, --classify: append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries
Read the manual, maybe?
Readline has a `visible-stats' variable:
visible-stats (Off)
If set to On, a character denoting a file's type as reported by
stat(2) is appended to the filename when listing possible com-
pletions.
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