topic Re: Command auto-Completion in Operating System - Linux

Command auto-Completion

Puneet Singh tandon — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:33:23 GMT

I need to know the configuration/environment/profile changes to use command auto completion feature which is available in other linux distros by default(using tab)

Re: Command auto-Completion

Torsten. — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:36:28 GMT

You will have the functionality if you run bash as your shell.

Do NOT configure bash as default for root in /etc/passwd!

Re: Command auto-Completion

Delrish — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:01:19 GMT

First of all, please inform us about your shell. each of the shells has specific method for this issue

Re: Command auto-Completion

Puneet Singh tandon — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:07:25 GMT

I am using sh as the shell.

Re: Command auto-Completion

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:04:44 GMT

Shalom Moodie,

echo $SHELL

Tab completion is the default for any Linux distro I know. What are you using?

SEP

Re: Command auto-Completion

Puneet Singh tandon — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:09:33 GMT

Hey ,
I am using HP-UX11.11
and the shell(user) is /usr/bin/sh
and the shell(root) is /sbin/sh

Re: Command auto-Completion

Ivan Ferreira — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:47:39 GMT

You should install bash for hp-ux. Download it from here:

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Shells/bash-3.00.16/

Change your shell to be bash.

Re: Command auto-Completion

Vipulinux — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:01:11 GMT

Hi

You can also try ksh, if you dont wanna use bash

Cheers

Re: Command auto-Completion

Torsten. — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:43:36 GMT

@ HP moderator:

Your are moving the threads too quickly!

quote from this thread:

"I am using HP-UX11.11"

Why this thread is moved to the linux forum?

Re: Command auto-Completion

James R. Ferguson — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:15:29 GMT

Hi Moodle:

If you are running HP-UX, you can do file-name (or path-name) completion by typing ESCape, ESCape after partially entering a filename.

If you are running HP-UX, *never* change 'root's default shell from '/sbin/sh'. To do so will lead to an unbootable system. The standard POSIX shell resides in '/sbin/sh' with statically linked libraries. The same shell with dynamically linked libraries to reduce the memory footprint lives in '/usr/bin'. Since, '/usr' isn't mounted during the initial startup sequence, the default shell for root must be '/sbin/sh'.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Command auto-Completion

Puneet Singh tandon — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:53:24 GMT

Thanks for the Warning.
But ESCape doesnt have any effect in my case.
How do i check my command completion
sequence is set to what????

Re: Command auto-Completion

James R. Ferguson — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 17:30:25 GMT

Hi (again) Moodie:

Given HP-UX, hitting the ESCape key *twice* after typing enough characters to make the filename unique, should cause auto-completion.

Given two files in the current working directory; each beginning with "p" :

# ls -l p

...will *not* auto-complete, but:

# ls -l po

...when the files "peek" and "poke" exist, will offer "ls -l poke".

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Command auto-Completion

Puneet Singh tandon — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 23:37:06 GMT

Hey JRF,
Could nt get any command auto completion but these characters ^[ only
Any suggestions

Re: Command auto-Completion

Stuart Browne — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:56:15 GMT

In most shells which do command-completion, '' is used as a replacement for the single '' press. So to get a list of matches, you'd do:

ls -al p

You'd get a BEL after the 2nd , and the list of matching commands after the 4th.

Now, if this doesn't work, check your 'stty' bindings to ensure that '' (^[) isn't bound to some other function ('stty -a' for the full list).

Re: Command auto-Completion

Puneet Singh tandon — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:18:36 GMT

No the escape ^[ isnt bind to anything.
Following is the stty -a log.

# stty -a
speed 9600 baud; line = 0;
rows = 40; columns = 140
min = 0; time = 0;
intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^H; kill = ^U
eof = ^D; eol = ^@; eol2 = ^@; swtch = ^@
stop = ^S; start = ^Q; susp = ^Z; dsusp = ^@
werase = ^@; lnext = ^@
parenb -parodd cs8 -cstopb hupcl cread -clocal -loblk -crts
-ignbrk -brkint -ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl -iuclc
ixon -ixany ixoff -imaxbel -rtsxoff -ctsxon -ienqak
isig icanon iexten -xcase echo echoe echok -echonl -noflsh
echoctl -echoprt echoke -flusho -pendin
opost -olcuc onlcr -ocrnl -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel -tostop

Re: Command auto-Completion

Matti_Kurkela — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:14:23 GMT

The "stty -a" command lists only the bindings done at the tty driver level. They are in effect in all the programs run in that terminal session unless overridden, so they must be very generic.

The shell has its own set of key bindings, unrelated to "stty -a" settings. Each shell has its own ways for setting up these bindings: for example, bash's key bindings can be listed with "bind -p".

Re: Command auto-Completion

Puneet Singh tandon — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 07:02:32 GMT

Thank you evrybdy