>>>>> "CR" == Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> writes: CR> On 9/1/19 11:10 AM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: >> $ ls *.pdf >> a.pdf b.pdf >> $ diff *.p<TAB> >> >> At this point <TAB> should complete "*.pdf".
CR> It does (well, the default completion does, maybe programmable completion CR> for diff does too). But the two possible completions differ immediately -- CR> in the first character -- so what are you going to do? Rather than remove CR> the word, as normal completion would do, the default bash completion leaves CR> it alone. I'm saying I want a real "* . p d f" as the result, I.e., genuine * 0x2A asterisk left sitting upon the screen. diff is just an example. Maybe use the generic ":" command instead. (Yes I wish to disable /usr/share/bash-completion effects while testing, though it is on by default in Debian.) >> Or maybe as a bonus it could complete "a.pdf b.pdf" via a different key. CR> You want it to insert the possible completions? Use C-x* in emacs mode: CR> glob-expand-word (C-x *) CR> The word before point is treated as a pattern for pathname CR> expansion, and the list of matching filenames is inserted, CR> replacing the word. If a numeric argument is supplied, an CR> asterisk is appended before pathname expansion. Well that can deal with "*" but not "*.p".
