Re: Bash command completion
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On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 13:48:24 -0600
Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> wrote:
>I put wheezy on a 386 computer last night ('aptitude dist-upgrade' from squeeze -- it'd been in the junk box for a while), and when I hit tab, bash just gives me a tab -- I have to type the whole command manually. This happens only for the user; root works fine.
>
>I've copied the .* scripts (the ones that looked relevant to me, anyway) from /root and from a user directory on one of the (wheezy) servers, and accomplished nothing.
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>I looked at the scripts in /etc, but saw nothing that looked promising -- there was some talk about bash-completion, but I could see nothing in those scripts about a difference between user and root.
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>A solution or a link to a solution would be much appreciated.
>
There should be a set of commands towards the bottom
of /etc/bash.bashrc to enable completion. The commands are:
# enable bash completion in interactive shells
#if ! shopt -oq posix; then
# if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then
# . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
# elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
# . /etc/bash_completion
# fi
#fi
You usually have to uncomment these lines.
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