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bash completion: master@{1}..mas<TAB> gives mastermaster@{1}..master

From
Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
Date
Jul 21, 2008, 18:18 UTC
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<200807212018.45550.johannes.sixt@telecom.at>

If you hit TAB after 'master@{1}..mas' and 'mas' is unique, then it is expanded to 'mastermaster@{1}..master'. If 'mas' is not unique, and you continue hitting TAB, then the part before '@' is doubled with each TAB.

-- Hannes
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  1. Johannes SixtJul 21, 2008

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