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1. Freaky+v5[view] [source] 2013-06-26 03:52:45
>>alexho+(OP)
I never understood why this hasn't been modernized. The three-letter nearly-meaningless directory names seem so obsolete.
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2. quacke+V7[view] [source] 2013-06-26 04:40:42
>>Freaky+v5
Unless your ssh'd into a machine, it's annoying to type long dir's. What's worse is compensating for spaces in filenames.
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3. freewo+68[view] [source] 2013-06-26 04:45:28
>>quacke+V7
Thats what tab completion is for.
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4. quacke+G8[view] [source] 2013-06-26 05:01:38
>>freewo+68
Thank you freework, didn't know about that one (embarrassing as it is to admit).

Still sucks dealing with spaces when it comes to command processes like ffmpeg -i <no_tab>...but awesome for cd'ing or ls'ing!

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5. kanema+n9[view] [source] 2013-06-26 05:15:18
>>quacke+G8
Just prefix the space with a backslash. Eg: ``$ ls /foo/bar/my\ directory/``. With that backslash in place, you can continue your tab-completion.
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