[Novalug] What is the name of this great feature in Ubuntu?

Ken Kauffman kkauffman@headfog.com
Sun Dec 31 18:50:01 EST 2006


Check out zsh (instead of bash).  It has a ton of "automatic" features
you can leverage as well.

Ken

Ben Creitz wrote:
> I have noticed that Bash in Ubuntu completes not only commands, but
> options for many commands.  For example, when I say
>
>  sudo apt-get i
>
> and hit <tab>, the 'i' becomes install. When I then type
>
>  sudo apt-get install sysv
>
> and hit <tab>, I will get a list of all of the available packages
> beginning with 'sysv'.  I have not seen this in other distros; has
> anybody else?  What is this feature called?
>
> -Ben
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