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Rev

damn. this is EXACTLY what I wanted to do. so simple! tab worked for me although ctrl+alt+e did not. I'm using a mac and iTerm2 to ssh to ubuntu. any way to set up something easier than $PWD? (the all caps is kind of cumbersome)

cwd
– cwd

2012-04-16 23:17:31 +00:00
Commented Apr 16, 2012 at 23:17
update: on mac OS X I realized I can press escape, then control+e to expand the current line even if bash's tab expansion is not enabled.

cwd
– cwd

2013-03-12 17:35:31 +00:00
Commented Mar 12, 2013 at 17:35
Right. Esc+Ctrl+e is equivalent to Ctrl+Alt+e. Esc sometimes works when Alt (or I guess Option on Mac?) doesn't.

Mikel
– Mikel

2013-03-13 04:02:49 +00:00
Commented Mar 13, 2013 at 4:02

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