How can I turn on/install tab completion which I am so used to.

jimdaworm · 04-05-2005, 03:09 PM

Hi everyone.

How can I turn on or install somthing to get what I am used to with linux, being able to press tab and it completes the command or file name etc?

This would be very usefull for me as I can try things and just push tab and go though until I find the right command!

Is there some sort of a security risk having a system setup with this? If not why doesn´t it come with my standard full install of FreeBsd 5.3?

mldqj · 04-05-2005, 07:39 PM

Are you using the default shell (/bin/sh)?
Use

Code:

chsh

to change your default shell to

Code:

/usr/bin/tcsh

or

Code:

/usr/local/bin/bash

.

You can also install bash-completion to have more intelligent tab completion if you use bash.

jimdaworm · 04-06-2005, 11:25 PM

Thanks for the info mldqj, I will have a play with those