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bash : make tab completion of similarly named files not suck ass (See related posts)

// description of your code here

add this to your ~/.bashrc (auto-chooses the first completion and cycles thru them w/tab)
bind '"\t":menu-complete'


and / or add this to your ~/.inputrc (shows all completions right away)
set show-all-if-ambiguous on

to unix bash shell by jm3 on Wed Aug 22 19:31:04 -0400 2007

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