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bug: -F breaks tab completion in zsh

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#1,054 opened on Jul 12, 2024

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area: completionserrorsgood first issueos: macostype: bug

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Description

  • The version of eza being used: v0.18.18
  • The command-line arguments you are using: eza -F
  • Your shell and terminal: zsh iterm2
  • Your operating system and hardware platform: macbook MacOS 14.5

Awkward to not be able to use tab completion but discovered that it was the '-F' argument. I had this set in the aliased version of eza I used.

An easy workaround is to use '--classify=auto' instead of '-F' which works for me since I use an aliased variant of eza but for one-off invocations of eza, that is a hand full to write instead of just -F

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Research direction
Investigate why the F flag interferes with tab completion in zsh. Check eza's handling of the classify flag and its interaction with shell completion hooks.
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rust
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cli
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