Command Line Completion for Programs?

["Kirchner, Patrick" <Patrick.Kirchner@earthtech.com>]

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Hello,

 

How do I enable command line completion for commands?

 

For example, on an old system (Knoppix HD install) I was able to:

-type "chown" followed by the first few letters of a user's name, hit TAB, and the user's full name would be automatically completed

-type "mplayer -vo", hit TAB and my -vo options would be listed...

 

I've tried enabling bash completion in /etc/bash.bashrc by uncommenting this:

 

# enable bash completion in interactive shells
if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
    . /etc/bash_completion
fi

If someone could assist me I would be most appreciative.

 

Thanks much,

 

Patrick.