Using Tab Key for Auto Complete in a terminal

[Forum Admin rokytnji]

I would ask you to put it right here in tips and tricks.

Alrighty then. From my post in another tips and tricks thread.

Might mention using the tab key to finish completing the typing out the dpkg -i command when building the kernel .deb. package.

It saves my bacon a lot when in a folder with a terminal and trying to be geeky. Nice tutorial as always sleekmason. Thanks.

example on mine

harry@biker:~
$ ls
backup           cl2                 Downloads               mocdata.py   Screeny    weather.sh
batti-0.3.8      Claws_Themes        Games                   mocpdata.py  scripts
Books            Comics              Music        test
Calibre Library  Icons                   Pictures     Themes
Cartoons         Desktop             Images                  Public       Videos
cl1              Documents           Isos                    S7           Wallpaper
harry@biker:~
$ cd ba

I hit the tab key after typing in ba. Walla

harry@biker:~
$ cd ba
backup/      batti-0.3.8/ 

so to narrow things down. I type in ‘batt’ Hit the tab key

harry@biker:~
$ cd batti-0.3.8/

The tab key keeps me from making typo errors when typing out large lines of code. Being I have large ham hands and fingers and am a 2 finger type of keyboard user.

Note by ROK. Maybe Just to explain a little better.

harry@biker:~/Documents/Documents
$ ls
bookmarks.html        mozilla_hotkeys.pdf                    pastebin
Broadcom wl firmware  optiplex-gx280_setup guide_en-us.pdf   pet_text
conkyrc               optiplex-gx280_user's guide_en-us.pdf  record_ desktop_graphics_chip
Manuals               partition_terminal readout
harry@biker:~/Documents/Documents
$ 

Lets say I wanna get into the pastebin folder but do not want to type pastebin out.

harry@biker:~/Documents/Documents
$ cd pas

Hit the tab key

harry@biker:~/Documents/Documents
$ cd pastebin/
harry@biker:~/Documents/Documents/pastebin

As a freebie to this how to . I use the ls command to see what is inside the pastebin folder . If I want to know permissions allowed of the files in there. I use ls -l instead.
cd command is my friend in terminal moving around the AntiX Linux house I built. Like a skate board. But using linux command shortcut lingo is another subject with a ton of learning involved that I will not cover in this thread. There should be a bookmark in your AntiX folder in your browser for command line.

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