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Setting up tab-completion of paths in bash or zsh to resemble tcsh

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I’m a long time tcsh user, but all the cool kids seem to be using either bash or zsh nowadays (that is, completion patterns for git or stuff are available for bash and zsh, rarely for tcsh). My problem is that both shells have behaviours regarding tab-completion of paths that drive me crazy, and I’…

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Fix for: Setting up tab-completion of paths in bash or zsh to resemble tcsh

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Well done on describing your requirements precisely, but I'm not sure I actually understand what you want to do if there's an ambiguity, e.g. after , what you expect the Tab key to do. If I try tcsh, after , the Tab key only lists and . You can repr…

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