Install bash-completion package on Linux

bash-completion extends bash’s standard completion behavior to achieve complex command lines with just a few keystrokes. This project was conceived to produce programmable completion routines for the most common Linux/UNIX commands, reducing the amount of typing sysadmins and programmers need to do on a daily basis.

programmable completion (autocomplete) for the bash shell

The programmable completion feature in bash permits typing a partial command, then pressing the [Tab] key to auto-complete the command sequence. If multiple completions are possible, then [Tab] lists them all.

Ubuntu / Debian

apt-get install bash-completion

Fedora

yum install bash-completion

Resources

• http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/bash-completion

Categories & Tags

• linux
• bash completion

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