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[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Sun, 2008-09-14 at 12:18 +0200, PleegWat wrote:
> Knapp wrote:
> >> The last / for the command sudo /etc/X11/ is not needed.  sudo /etc/X11 works
> >> the same.  So I guess I am elated for just one less keystroke.  So be it!  :)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> - --
> >> Linux User# 371000
> > 
> > If you really want to save keystrokes do this
> > sudo vim /etc/X<tab>xo<tab>
> > 
> > Did you see that if you to tab without a program name it does not list
> > files but only directories? Sort of neat and I did not know about
> > that.
> 
> Directories and executables. Also, a lot of program parameters are 
> specially configured in ubuntu to display the relevant list. Try:
> 
> sudo apt-get <tab><tab>

This works provided you have bash_completion enabled.  See the
file /etc/bash.bashrc.  The bash completion code is
in /etc/bash_completion.  Oddly, on my system (Hardy) the completion
code was commented out in bash.bashrc.
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