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| From | Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: why bash completion sometimes doesn't work? |
| Date | 2022-01-03 15:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <DBwOU-16h-25@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <DBo4V-4oV-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <DBo4V-4oV-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <DBuDn-8jx-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | Frantic |
Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> writes: > By default, Debian installs the bash-completion package, which contains > programmable completions for a whole bunch of commands. This is > enabled by dotting in a file from ~/.bashrc (the code to do this is > at the end of /etc/skel/.bashrc, which becomes the default user ~/.bashrc > file if you add users with "adduser"). > Reading this has solved something which has puzzled me for some time. My .bashrc is a leftover from when I was running Opensuse, and so bash completion has never quite worked properly on the su command. Now I have copied /etc/skel/.bashrc and it is working!
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why bash completion sometimes doesn't work? Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2022-01-03 06:30 +0100
Re: why bash completion sometimes doesn't work? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-03 13:30 +0100
Re: why bash completion sometimes doesn't work? Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> - 2022-01-03 15:50 +0100
Re: why bash completion sometimes doesn't work? Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2022-01-03 21:20 +0100
Re: why bash completion sometimes doesn't work? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-03 21:30 +0100
Re: why bash completion sometimes doesn't work? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-03 22:50 +0100
Re: why bash completion sometimes doesn't work? Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2022-01-04 01:00 +0100
Re: why bash completion sometimes doesn't work? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-04 03:30 +0100
Re: why bash completion sometimes doesn't work? Long Wind <longwind2@yahoo.com> - 2022-01-04 03:50 +0100
Re: why bash completion sometimes doesn't work? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-01-04 04:00 +0100
Re: why bash completion sometimes doesn't work? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-01-04 20:40 +0100
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