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Dupontrocks11
Dupontrocks11

Reputation: 155

How to browse directories while issuing a mv command?

Currently, I'm trying to move a file that I mistakenly saved to my home directory, and to do that I'm using a mv command. However, after I typed out the first part of my mv command:

mv lab2prog.c 111/lab/...

I forgot what directory I wanted to move the file in. Usually, I would just backspace the command and go directory exploring, but I recall a co-worker of mine browsing the directories of his system while issuing the command without having to delete the already typed command.

Is there a way to do that, or am I just imagining things...?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 109

Answers (4)

andygavin
andygavin

Reputation: 2884

This depends on your shell, most shells will have completion when you hit the TAB key. The easiest way to determine the shell you are running is to echo $SHELL.

Typically you will be using bash (/bin/bash), this answer: How does bash tab completion work? answer gives you some more information about your options for auto-completion. It can be quite sophisticated where the command is taken into account: that is when you press TAB you get a sensible completion. Debian also have a brief introduction for bash:

An introduction to bash completion: part 1

Upvotes: 1

Emil Vikström
Emil Vikström

Reputation: 91902

Press tab twice to get a list of possible autocompletions in each step. This means you can also see a list of paths starting with, e.g., do by issuing: mv lab2prog.c 111/lab/dotabtab

Upvotes: 1

0x736a64
0x736a64

Reputation: 126

I usually can just press the tab key to autocomplete with possible paths, though this may give you a very large output.

Upvotes: 0

ahmadMarafa
ahmadMarafa

Reputation: 1346

you can press tab , it will display all possible dirs

Upvotes: 0

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