Tips for entering long file names in linux

This tip is actually written to new users. I am afraid the veterans will sneer at it, and I am not a veteran yet. It seems that there is something wrong with it. However, if you are a newbie, you may not be able to introduce yourself to new users. As the saying goes, the fools may have to worry about it. Moreover, the heroes are familiar with some tips. I am afraid they will not bother to write such trivial articles, however, it is necessary for me to wait for the majority of linux hobbies and just learn this useful tips, because they can greatly simplify our workload. However, the tips in this area are rarely mentioned. At least I have spent a lot of effort to get them. For this reason, I am motivated to write this article.

If you are a computer enthusiast who has never been familiar with linux, and you are very interested in linux, you have finally installed a linux release version one day, after you enter the magical world of linux, you may be helpless: the speed of x-windows upset you, and the text interface is so difficult to start. Especially when using long file names (many files and directories in linux are really long), manual input is a type of torture to humans. So you may start to complain about whether the product is cheap or not, or you may miss the ease of windows. Even whether you want to return to the old age. But do you know that a particularly satisfactory feature in linux is automatic completion, which is what I call it. For example, the name of a file named alsa-divers-0.39.tar.gz is not very long. When you need to enter the name of this file frequently, don't you think this is a kind of trouble without name? So I want to say to you: don't be upset. You can try to press the Tab key above the CapsLock key after entering alsa. How can we make your eyes shine, linux has miraculously automatically completed the file name. However, if no expected results are returned, you should not blame me for lying to you too early. It may be that there are still some files in the directories that can be searched in linux. The first few letters of their file names are the same as the letters you enter, for example, alsa-util -...... In this way, you only need to enter a few more letters to distinguish them from the previous file name. If you can use this function well, you can enjoy the machine's pleasure when you need to input a large number of file names or switch to directories with long names. The speed of manual input is not the same as that of the day, and the use of this technique can also reduce errors!

At this time, I wonder if you can see whether there is a real sense of relief. After a lot of stupid, slow, and error-prone manual input, I found this magic, and I was excited to jump up. It seems that linux is worthy of the collective wisdom of many computer enthusiasts. In some aspects, it will really surprise people.

I hope this article will give a little inspiration to my friends who are suffering from inputting too many long file names or directory names. I have made a little effort to popularize and develop linux.