[ksh93-integration-discuss] TAB not working in the middle of a string

Josh Hurst joshhurst at gmail.com
Tue Sep 11 09:41:54 PDT 2007


On 9/10/07, David Korn <dgk at research.att.com> wrote:
> Subject: Re: Re: [ksh93-integration-discuss] TAB not working in the middle of a  string
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> > Why is the = needed? Bash doesn't require a = before : separated
> > lists, i.e. using tab or ESC ESC completes /bin:/usr/openbin/b to
> > /bin:/usr/openwin/bin without a = in a bash shell
> >
> >
>
> The = is needed since : is a legal character in a file name.

OK

Josh


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