case insensitive tab completion with bash

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5 total messages Started by John Ineson Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:24

#99784

Author: John Ineson
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:24

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Does anyone know how to make the above happen?

I've tried "shopt -s nocaseglob" and it makes bugger all difference:
for example say I type "ls /etc/x" and press the tab key - I want it
to suggest X11, but it doesn't. Am I misinterpreting what this option
does or is summit broke?

I've tried several different systems, running bash 2.03, 2.038 and
2.04 - no joy with any of them.

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John G Ineson

Re: case insensitive tab completion with bash

#99811

Author: pm@zetnet.net (P
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 10:57

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In article <LB=BOiRCbgeL=7ZfieuKLQNrPdfo@4ax.com>,
	John Ineson wrote:
>Does anyone know how to make the above happen?

>I've tried "shopt -s nocaseglob" and it makes bugger all difference:
>for example say I type "ls /etc/x" and press the tab key - I want it
>to suggest X11, but it doesn't. Am I misinterpreting what this option
>does or is summit broke?

>I've tried several different systems, running bash 2.03, 2.038 and
>2.04 - no joy with any of them.

Put

 set completion-ignore-case On

in your .inputrc file.

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Paul Martin <pm@zetnet.net>

Re: case insensitive tab completion with bash

#99832

Author: John Ineson
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:02

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On 28 Mar 2001 10:57:25 GMT, pm@zetnet.net (Paul Martin) wrote:
>Put
>
> set completion-ignore-case On
>
>in your .inputrc file.

Thanks - that did it (once I unset $INPUTRC)

So does anyone know what does "shopt -s nocaseglob" do?

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John G Ineson

Re: case insensitive tab completion with bash

#99875

Author: pm@zetnet.net (P
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 00:28

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In article <cBjCOiPnbhPehW3EmKMzPXL1WSo0@4ax.com>,
	John Ineson wrote:
>On 28 Mar 2001 10:57:25 GMT, pm@zetnet.net (Paul Martin) wrote:
>>Put
>>
>> set completion-ignore-case On
>>
>>in your .inputrc file.

>Thanks - that did it (once I unset $INPUTRC)

>So does anyone know what does "shopt -s nocaseglob" do?

man bash

That's what I did.

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Paul Martin <pm@zetnet.net>

Re: case insensitive tab completion with bash

#99880

Author: John Ineson
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 03:06

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On 29 Mar 2001 00:28:45 GMT, pm@zetnet.net (Paul Martin) wrote:
>In article <cBjCOiPnbhPehW3EmKMzPXL1WSo0@4ax.com>,
>	John Ineson wrote:
>>So does anyone know what does "shopt -s nocaseglob" do?
>
>man bash
>
>That's what I did.

Me too, but I didn't understand it. Having read the section on
Pathname Expansion (which isn't what I thought it was) I think I get
it now.

Thanks for your help.

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John G Ineson

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