Bash tab-completion not working

bash-completion
Humble Debugger picture Humble Debugger · Nov 4, 2013 · Viewed 16.3k times · Source

I am trying to troubleshoot why the bash tab-completion isn't working on my fedora 19 desktop. I am afraid I just know what else to add to this that might be relevant.

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D-B picture D-B · Dec 18, 2013

I solved this problem using the solution given at https://askubuntu.com/questions/325807/arrow-keys-tab-complete-not-working.

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