From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9959 invoked from network); 12 Jan 2000 17:41:59 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 12 Jan 2000 17:41:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 15125 invoked by alias); 12 Jan 2000 17:41:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 2866 Received: (qmail 15063 invoked from network); 12 Jan 2000 17:41:28 -0000 Sender: fg@mandrakesoft.com To: zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk Subject: Re: Complete Filenames With Spaces... References: <20000112173832.A21305@eurielec.eurielec.etsit.upm.es> From: Francis GALIEGUE Date: 12 Jan 2000 18:22:18 +0100 In-Reply-To: Rafael Garcia's message of "Wed, 12 Jan 2000 17:38:32 +0100" Message-ID: X-Mailer: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.5 Rafael Garcia writes: > Hi, first time writing to the list (just subscribed)... > > I would like to know if there is *any* way to make zsh complete > filenames that include spaces; that is, after a first completion up to a > "with-spaces" point pressing completes nothing, while pressing > if no spaces were in the previuos completion works perfectly. > > Thanks. The problem is that a space is an argument separator. What you suggest is the Bad Way(tm). The Good Way(tm) is to isolate the space with a backslash (as in a\ which gives the expected result, a\ file) or to use double quotes or single quotes ("a , 'a ). -- fg # rm *;o o: command not found