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[Karl Larsen]

Knapp wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Nigel Henry
> <cave.dnb2m97pp at aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
>   
>> On Saturday 13 September 2008 19:18, Knapp wrote:
>>     
>>>> Any help on the problem above gratefully received.
>>>>
>>>> Nigel.
>>>>         
>>> You mean like
>>> sudo vim /etc/X11 (then press tab)
>>> I would think you knew that so maybe I am misunderstanding.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Douglas E Knapp
>>>       
>> No, I didn't know the tab thing, but have just tried it with nano as root
>> on /etc/X11, and got a bunch of files and sub-directories displayed, so can
>> see where I'm going now.
>>
>> Thanks for the "tab" tip, which has resolved a long running problem.
>>
>> Nigel.
>>     
>
> Well, I hate to say it but it is time to read the manual, as that is
> what I would have to do. It is part of bash. So something like man
> bash should get you started. I know you can do ctrl-R to search what
> you last typed starting at the present and going backwards. Guess I
> will have a look also. It is a fun question. Maybe some Linux god an
> the list can help more.
>
>   
    Well for some reason it does not work for me at all. In a terminal I 
write sudo vim /etc/X11 and then a Tab and it looks like /etc/X11\ and 
it does not work. What have I done wrong?

Karl


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