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Re: ":" treated as ";" in filename expansion
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: ":" treated as ";" in filename expansion |
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Sat, 16 Mar 2002 18:06:06 -0500 |
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Dan Jacobson <jidanni@deadspam.com> wrote:
> # cat tr:<TAB>
> At this point all the files in the directory are listed.
This is intentional, for convenience when setting $PATH, etc. If you
want to complete a filename that actually contains a colon, you can
quote the colon. Any colons added by filename completion are
automatically quoted for the same reason.
paul