Bash Completion Bell

Created: May 3, 2001 · Last modified: March 2, 2012

Stop all that bash beeping

You have to use the bash shell, since it’s available everywhere.

Unfortunately the constant beeping when you hit tab to complete a filename on the command line is tedious.

To turn that off, add the following to /etc/inputrc or ~/.inputrc:

set show-all-if-ambiguous on

and bash will just display the possible completions instead of beeping at you.

Your office companions will probably like this.

-phil 5/2/01

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