auto-complete in gnome-terminal dont work (<TAB>)

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Hello

If you want to execute one command after an other use &&

ex sudo apt-get install vlc && sudo apt-get install xmms

will install vlc and xmms at one go..

Next, Autocomplete...

Run this command in your shell to get this behaviour for that shell only.

bind '"\C-i": menu-complete'

If you like how that works, then add that command to your ~/.bashrc file so that future shells will use that behaviour too.

Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

Hello,

thank you for your explanation, but it dont really fix the problem.

I run schiebe@ubuntu:~$ bind '"\C-i": menu-complete'

After that, i can switch the different commands bei pressing TAB: su -> sudo -> suedit -> an so on

But the problem is not solved.

On Xubuntu 7.04 it works as below:

1) sud + TAB = sudo
2) sudo apt-g + TAB = sudo apt-get

On Hardy Beta it works:

1) sud + TAB = sudo
2) sudo apt-g + TAB = nothing happens

Regards

Tobias

Hello:

you have to uncomment the following inside the /etc/bash.bashrc file:

# enable bash completion in interactive shells
if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
    . /etc/bash_completion
fi

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Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

Thanks Bhavani Shankar, that solved my question.

Okay, Bhavani's "fix" dont really works..

The problem was, that the program "bash-completion" was not installed by default! Bug?

Hello :

You can try to install bash completion package..

sudo apt-get install bash-completion

Or, if it is installed you can remove the package

sudo apt-get remove bash-completion

and reinstall the package again using the above command..

and it should work...

Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

I'm thinking that this is a bug. I can recreate it exactly. With sudo in the command tab completion does not work. This is a regression from 7.10 in which it did work. I think the bug should be reopened.

The bug/problem is, that the bash-completion-package was not installed by the default (Beta 1) installation.
After i installed the package manually, everthiny work as normal.

Regards

I'm glad that fixed it for you, but I installed the bash-completion package and I still see the same issue with sudo commands.

Im getting the same problem as well, has anybody opened a bug report yet? If not I will

actually, it's not just with sudo.
it's basically from the 2nd comman on-

ex: apt-get install ....

apt-get will complete fine. install won't.

ah, forgot.
installing bash-completion and rebooting does the trick just fine.

thnx guys.