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Re: Idea: *.p<TAB> completion

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  Re: Idea: *.p<TAB> completion Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2019-09-01 14:42 -0400

#15344 — Re: Idea: *.p<TAB> completion

On 9/1/19 2:35 PM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> CR> I'm saying that's what the default bash completion code does. The default
> CR> bash completion code leaves the word unchanged.
> 
> Yes. That's why I'm saying wouldn't it be neat if it made
> *.p into *.pdf? What harm could possibly happen?

I don't see that as being particularly worth the implementation cost and
the false positives.

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