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What is Alt+Shift+{?

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Mar 15, 2026619 views

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Tested this on CentOS and Ubuntu, if you're in a directory with a ton of files And you hit it will awk-complete every filename completes to: and completes to: Questions: What is this? What is this called? Where is it useful? How can I configure it? Can I do this with for files that end with a subst…

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$ ls
day1.tar.gz  day2.tar.gz  day3.tar.gz  day4.tar.gz  day5.tar.gz  day6.tar.gz  day7.tar.gz  day8.tar.gz day9.tar.gz day10.tar.gz

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In Bash, it performs the readline function . Brace expansion is a useful way of abbreviating a reference to multiple files. For example: would list all the files that end in ".c" or ".h". From : complete-into-braces (M-{) Perform filename completion…

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