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Date:      Thu, 23 Oct 2003 08:54:58 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Freebsd 4.8 Command to finish typing
Message-ID:  <16279.53154.612169.145455@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <20031023094011.GA87501@ei.bzerk.org>
References:  <3F979360.817FA4D0@chatusa.com> <20031023094011.GA87501@ei.bzerk.org>

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Ruben de Groot writes:

>  > How do you have Freebsd 4.8 finish typing a line? On older version I
>  > just type Ma and escape to finish typing Make.
>  
>  That depends on your shell. You're probably used to a
>  bourne-shell variant like ksh, where <ESC> is used for word
>  completion. In csh, use the <TAB> key.

	And note this is not "line completion" but file name completion
- it will fill in as much as uniquely possible of the path starting
with what you have already typed. 


					Robert Huff




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