Re: Expand first before asking the question "Display all xxx possibilities?"

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On 05/08/2020 02:55 pm, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 8/2/20 6:55 PM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
>> Instead of
>>
>> $ zz /jidanni_backups/da<TAB>
>> Display all 113 possibilities? (y or n) n
>>
>> and then finally showing
>>
>> $ zz /jidanni_backups/dan_home_bkp
>>
>> how about doing the expansion first, so entering
>> $ zz /jidanni_backups/da<TAB> would then change into
 >> $ zz /jidanni_backups/dan_home_bkp with below it the question
 >> Display all 113 possibilities? (y or n)

What happens if you have:
dan_home-bkp, dan_home_nobkp, dan-home-bkp, dan-nohome-bkp, 
dan_nohome-bkp (etc.) in /jidanni_backups/?
Which do you choose for the first expansion?
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion.
> 


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