How to set autocomplete in Ubuntu

2021-11-04 108 words One minute

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Mofidy bash.bashrc

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sudo vi /etc/bash.bashrc

Find those code in the file

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#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

Remove #

Like below:

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#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

Source it

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sudo source /etc/bash.bashrc

Now you can use Tab to autocomplete your command