Auto-completion in bash (with Tab) works on folders, but not with files.
This is how the bottom part of the .bashrc file looks, with the bash-completion part installed and updated:
# enable programmable completion features (you don't need to enable
# this, if it's already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile
# sources /etc/bash.bashrc).
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
Any ideas?
The third party "bash_completion" package (not to be confused with bash or its native completion) can sometimes be hard to predict.
cd
mplayer
.scp
.If you're ever in a situation where bash_completion isn't being helpful, you can use M-/
(aka Alt + /
) to use bash's native filename completion instead.
If a command is frequently giving you trouble, you can disable bash_completion for this command using complete -r thatcommand
at the end of your .bashrc
.