Re: ls lacking a feature?

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:46:38 +0100
"Roger Willcocks" <roger@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

asterisk-tab-tab (no slash) also lists directories in bash. I've no idea
why.

Only at the start of the command line - presumably because these
are the possible paths to an executable which is what's being looked for
(although strangely it doesn't list the files when run in /bin). If you try
it after a command (eg echo *<tab><tab>) then it lists all files and
directories.

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