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tobr
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 Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:47 pm Post subject: Bash completion based on history [solved] |
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Hi.
If I use bash in gentoo and type something like this (where _ is the cursor position and $ is the prompt):
| Code: | $ ls -l /var/log
$ ls_ |
and I type PgUp it completes this line from history (in this case it will show "ls -l /var/log") and you can scroll through older completions with subsequent PgUps.
What I want to know is how this is done (because I'd like to have it on other systems too) and how I can change the default binding from PgUp/PgDown to ArrowUp/ArrowDown (csh on FreeBSD does this by default) which I like better.
I searched ~/.bashrc /etc/bash/* /etc/profile /etc/bash_completion* without finding anything relating to this. The bash man page wasn't that helpful either, I only found stuff about using "!". So if anyone could point me in the right direction or provide any insights it would be appreciated.
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erik258
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tobr
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:19 am Post subject: |
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Argh. Of course I looked in the completely wrong place. It's a setting in /etc/inputrc or ~/.inputrc. The originial setting is
| Code: | "\e[5~": history-search-backward
"\e[6~": history-search-forward
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which will do the described thing with PgUP/PgDown and my new setting is
| Code: | "\e[A": history-search-backward
"\e[B": history-search-forward
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which does the trick with the arrows. |
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erik258
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:54 am Post subject: |
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ah... i did not know about that file. .. interesting.
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