.initrc, bash_complete and other intersting tidbits

www.ukuug.org/events/linux2003/papers/bash_tips/

• Separate basename

• function fig2ps
  {
   fig2dev -L ps "$1" "${1%.fig}.ps"
  }
  export -f fig2ps

• Ignore typos in cd
  

• shopt -s cdspell

• .inputrc

• set match-hidden-files off

• set visible-stats on

• set completion-ignore-case on

• set show-all-if-ambiguous on

• Make Meta+S cycle through the list:

  "\M-s": menu-complete