question regarding CLI Tab-search

[Madison Kelly]

Matt Cahill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>   So, to my amazement, somebody finally revealed to me that I can find the 
> names of files on my system by entering the first digits and then hitting Tab 
> twice (using an xconsole at least).  What is the name of this feature?  I'd 
> love to read up more about it (for example, why I can find apps as root but 
> not as user and how I would change such settings) before I post questions 
> here.  I'm a little surprised that I wasn't aware of it before now...
> 
>   Many thanks,
> 
>   Matt  
> 

As a regular user your $PATH environment does not include '/sbin' and 
'/usr/sbin' where many system apps reside. You can add this by editing 
'~/.bash_profile' to read: 'PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin'.

The next time you log in, those directories will be searched. 
Alternatively you can type from the shell:

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
export PATH

To get immediate searching of those directories.

hth

Madison
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