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- From: dony@nimios.eng.mcmaster.ca (Bob Dony)
- Subject: Re: Unix Like File Name Completion...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.190427.2410@mcshub.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
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- References: <BxKGwH.Bpw@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <sal8.166.721515589@po.cwru.edu> <1992Nov12.221044.11256@grebyn.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:48:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov12.221044.11256@grebyn.com> mfraioli@grebyn.com (Marc Fraioli) writes:
- >In article <sal8.166.721515589@po.cwru.edu> sal8@po.cwru.edu (Steve Luzynski) writes:
- >>In article <BxKGwH.Bpw@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umnoor@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Nasir Ahmed Noor) writes:
- >>>From: umnoor@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Nasir Ahmed Noor)
- >>>Subject: Unix Like File Name Completion...
- >>>Date: 11 Nov 92 19:31:28 GMT
- >>>
- >>>Does any one know if such a utility exists or if someone has plans to work
- >>>on one [if its possible--at all] to allow file name completion as its done
- >>>in Unix [ESC key]?
- >>>
- >>
- >>Already done. Download 4OS/2 from the ftp site of your choice. It does that
- >>and a whole lot more. There's also a dos version (called 4DOS) that will do
- >>the same for your DOS sessions.
- >>
- >>They both default to the TAB key for this but I'm pretty sure you can use
- >>any key you want.
- >>
- >I believe there is also an OS/2 port of Unix csh floating around,
- >although it is not entirely complete or debugged. When this is done, I
- >would assume it will have the filename completion feature in it, as this
- >is really a feature of csh, not of Unix in general.
-
- I'm running the KornShell which I got from hobbes.
- (pub/os2/2.0/shells/ksh47alpha.zip). It's in-line
- command editting is far better than csh (arrow keys, incremental
- searches on the history file, file name and command completion) It's
- almost as good as bash. Speaking of which, has anyone ported GNU bash?
-
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