Re: "complete -o filenames" sometimes not working

[Chet Ramey]

On 11/9/24 7:38 AM, Clark Wang wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 9, 2024 at 1:48 AM Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu 
> <mailto:chet.ramey@case.edu>> wrote:
>
>
>     OK. You asked for the completions to be treated as filenames. When
>     readline displays the possible completions for filenames, it doesn't
>     display the full pathname -- just the portion after the final slash.
>     The words with ProxyCommand= are trimmed to the portion after the
>     .../usr/bin/.
>
>
> Ah I didn't realize it's only the basename part being displayed. Any way to 
> have it display the full pathnames?

There is not, no.

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