For example, if you rename an archive to
really-long-filename.tar.bz2.old (adding .old onto the end), when you try to
recreate the archive by typing "tar jcvf really<tab>" (intending to delete the
'.old' part) it won't autocomplete so you have to type the whole long filename
from scratch.
I think this behavior is intended. Uninstalling bash-completion might
be an okay workaround.
Thanks for the quick reply! Just for the record I can see the reasoning
behind this behaviour, but I think it might be wrong when using the "c"
option to create an archive. I can certainly see the usefulness of only
matching .bz2 files when extracting an archive, but when creating an
archive I don't think you would often want to create it over the top of
an existing file - so if you use tab completion in this case, you are
probably wanting it to match any old file to save typing.
Also thanks for the retitle - I did try Alt+Tab, Ctrl+Tab, etc. in case
there was a key to unconditionally complete the pathname so this would
be a good solution too.
Thanks again,
Adam.
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