Top "Tab-completion" questions

Most shells provide tab completion where a user can type part of a command or file name, and then press tab to make the shell complete the command.

TAB completion does not work in Jupyter Notebook but fine in iPython terminal

TAB completion works fine in iPython terminal, but not in Firefox browser. So far I had tried but failed, 1). run …

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`ipython` tab autocomplete does not work on imported module

Tab completion on IPython seems not to be working. For example, import numpy numpy.<tab> simply adds a …

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How to make PowerShell tab completion work like Bash

Let's say I have the following files in my current directory: buildBar.bat buildFoo.bat buildHouse.bat And I type …

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Can a Bash tab-completion script be used in zsh?

I have a Bash tab-completion script for Apache's Hadoop. Normally, I use zsh as my day-to-day shell. It tends to …

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How to enable auto word completion in the MATLAB Editor?

I can use auto word completion at the MATLAB command prompt by pressing tab, but I can not do that …

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How to enable auto completion in Ruby's IRB

When I use Merb's built in console, I get tab auto-completion similar to a standard bash prompt. I find this …

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Custom tab completion in python argparse

How to get shell tab completion cooperating with argparse in a Python script? #!/usr/bin/env python import argparse def …

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How can I provide tab completions to fish shell from my own script?

I am running Ubuntu 13.10 and fish 2.1.0. I want to write myself a Python script to do some tasks from the …

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How to Implement Tab Completion

I'm trying to figure out how to implement tab completion for subcommands in a C++ application. I would like it …

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function name + tab does not return docstring in IPython

In IPython, I am used to write function( and then strike a tab, and get the contents of the docstring …

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