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Re: ls -F style list upon TAB expansion


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: ls -F style list upon TAB expansion
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 16:45:53 -0400

> Wishlist: How can I get TAB to show me which choices are directories, 
> symlinks etc?
> # mv /var/lib/dpkg/<TAB>
> alternatives      diversions        methlock          statoverride-old
> Or must I use ls -F, --classify: append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries

Read the manual, maybe?

Readline has a `visible-stats' variable:

       visible-stats (Off)
              If  set to On, a character denoting a file's type as reported by
              stat(2) is appended to the filename when listing  possible  com-
              pletions.

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