Bash will not auto-complete (Tab) with files
bash, bash-completion, linux, terminal, ubuntu
Solution
The third party "bash_completion" package (not to be confused with bash or its native completion) can sometimes be hard to predict.
- Some commands are specifically set up to not never complete files, like `cd`
- Some commands will refuse to complete certain filenames, because bash_completion doesn't realize the program handles them, like `mplayer`.
- Some commands are just buggy, especially when paths contain spaces and other characters, like for `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`.
Problem
Auto-completion in bash (with Tab) works on folders, but not with files. - I'm running Ubuntu 13.10 - I haven't touched my .bashrc file 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?