Variable: shell-completion-execonly

shell-completion-execonly is a customizable variable defined in shell.el.gz.

Value

t

Documentation

If non-nil, use executable files only for completion candidates.

This mirrors the optional behavior of tcsh.

Detecting executability of files may slow command completion considerably.

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Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/shell.el.gz
(defcustom shell-completion-execonly t
  "If non-nil, use executable files only for completion candidates.
This mirrors the optional behavior of tcsh.

Detecting executability of files may slow command completion considerably."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'shell)