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From: koren@hpfelg.HP.COM (Steve Koren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: What should be in future SKsh versions?
Message-ID: <13920021@hpfelg.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Nov 89 15:30:23 GMT
References: <13920018@hpfelg.HP.COM>
Organization: HP Elec. Design Div. -FtCollins
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> On the filename expansion, if an exact match is not available, then
> expand as much as possible.  For example, in a directory with the
> filenames "foobar" and "foobat", when you type the expand key, it
> should expand to "fooba" and beep to tell you that an exact match
> wasn't made.  At this point, you can manually type the "r" or the "t"
> yourself.

Try it, it works.  It has always done as much of the expansion as it can
do.

> Also, could you put the '-F' flag on your 'ls' program?  This flag will
> let you tell the difference between files and directories.  It puts a
> '/' after files that are directories, '@' after files that are links,
> '*' after files that are executables, and nothing after everything else.

There is a -F option on the 'ls' command in SKsh 1.2, although it works
slightly differently than in Un*x (you can change colors, for example).

> that, or allow us a way to replace your built-in 'ls' with one of our

You can do that, too.  Use something like:

   alias ls='$(which ls)'
or
   alias ls='sys:bin/ls'

        - steve