extending Bash tab completion: how to handle paths / partial commands?
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I've added tab completion for my program to bash. It works quite well, but I don't know how to handle partial completion of words. Example: the user types
./program /home/user/De
and presses TAB. This is then completed to
./program /home/user/Desktop/
, but there's now a trailing whitespace after 'Desktop/', which is not what I want. Basically, I need a way of preventing bash from adding whitespace after the completed word.
I don't want to use bash's completion for paths.
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