On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> wrote: > On 2/11/10 10:54 AM, Peng Yu wrote: >> Suppose I file 'a1.txt' and 'a2.txt' in my current directory. When I >> type 'cat a' then TAB, it will show me 'a1.txt' and 'a2.txt'. If I >> type TAB repeatedly, it will always show me the same thing. >> >> However, a better response might be >> 1. complete the command to 'cat a1.txt' at the 2nd TAB, >> 2. complete the command to 'cat a2.txt' at the 3rd TAB, >> 3. return to the original 'cat a' at the 4th TAB, >> 4. complete the command to 'cat a1.txt' again at the 5th TAB. >> >> I'm wondering if there is a way to configure bash this way. > > bind 'TAB:menu-complete'
This is helpful. But it is not exactly what I'm looking for. I still want to show 'a1.txt' and 'a2.txt' at the 1st TAB. The above bind command gives me 'cat a1.txt' directly at the 1st TAB.
