From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 9 12:38:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA12049 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 12:38:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from CLIENTS3 (clients3.hawaii.rr.com [204.210.96.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA12044 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 12:38:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from art@neilson.ddns.org) Received: from neilson.ddns.org - 204.210.105.69 by hawaii.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:40:25 -1000 Received: from neilson.ddns.org (art@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by neilson.ddns.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA12662; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:37:50 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from art@neilson.ddns.org) Message-ID: <35A51C0E.680A9F18@neilson.ddns.org> Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 09:37:50 -1000 From: "Arthur W. Neilson III" Reply-To: art@neilson.ddns.org X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Roman Katsnelson CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wow! References: <35A4F223.A9CBCB87@graphnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG See tcsh(1), it uses the tab char to trigger completion on a filename. csh(1) can do the same thing, it however uses the escape char. tcsh is in the ports collection, look in /usr/ports/shells. Roman Katsnelson wrote: > > Three weeks ago I used FreeBSD (or should I say $40-feeBSD? ;-) for the > first time. Now I feel like its my baby. ;) I have been a faithful Linux > follower for about two years up to then, and have had a little Solaris > exposition too. FreeBSD rocks them so hard! > > By _far_ the best OS I've ever used. > > Anyway, I _do_ have a question, this is the questions group after all, > right? > > in Linux there was a feature which was helpful with long filenames: > as you typed a filename, you could hit and if what you've already > typed was unique, it would finish the name for you. Any equivalence in > FreeBSD? > > -- > | Roman Katsnelson | > _ | Internet Engineer | _ > / )| |( \ > / / | Graphnet World Headquarters | \ \ > _( (_ | Teaneck, New Jersey | _) )_ > (((\ \>|_/-) http://www.graphnet.com (-\_| (\\\\ \_/ /___________________________________\ \_/ ////) > \ / Email: romank@graphnet.com \ / > \ _/ \_ / > ////// ==================================== \\\\\\ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- __ / ) _/_ It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. /--/ __ / Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, / (_/ (_<__ Instead of theories to suit facts. -- Sherlock Holmes, "A Scandal in Bohemia" Arthur W. Neilson III Bank of Hawaii Tech support art@neilson.ddns.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message