How to fix apt bash completion in Ubuntu/debian
In some situations, especially when using an openvz vps one may notice that auto-completion is not working as it should (especially on debian). Luckily the fix is simple, in your terminal type:
apt-get install bash-completion
If that doesn’t work you can try the following
sudo apt-get install --reinstall bash-completion
or
sudo apt-get install auto-complete-el
or at a last result edit the following
sudo nano /etc/bash.bashrc
and change
# 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
to
# 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
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