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> > ~/tmp/esh $ mv long_<pressing TAB here completes the filename> lo<TAB
> > again, nothing happens, eshell just beeps at me>
> >
> > I guess eshell is trying to be smart here, but in this case it is too
> > smart for my taste... :)
> 
> Use C-c C-y to re-insert the final argument of the current line.  In
> general, Eshell tries not to complete an argument twice, since it is
> so rarely what you want to do.

Ahhh, eshell-repeat-argument is exactly what I need, and I can still
have the "intelligent" :) completion enabled. I just have to bind it
to another key and I'll be all Happy happy, joy joy!