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Note, however, that if there are several files or directories that match the typed
amount of characters, tcsh will not perform command completion with the Tab
key. To find out why we get stuck without completion, we can use the CTRL-D
key sequence, and then continue typing. Example 6-54 shows the combination of
using the Tab and CTRL-D key sequences; the highlighted text is what we type.
Example 6-54 Use of Tab and CTRL-D to complete a command line
root@fenris: ls d (Type TAB and nothing happens)
root@fenris: ls d (Type CTRL-D)
depcomp@ ourcode* ourcode.8* ourcode.c* ourcode.h* ourcode.o
root@fenris: ls de