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Tutul
Asked: 2009-10-25 08:06:13 +0800 CST

TAB completion not working in ubuntu hardy heron

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I have recently installed ubuntu hardy and found that shell command completion with TAB doesn't work, the package 'bash-completion' is installed in my system. I guess it is related to dash being the default shell? Is there a way to use tab completion in dash? If there isn't a way then how can i change my default shell to bash?

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3 Answers

  1. I believe sh is actually symlinked to /bin/dash in Ubuntu. There is no tab completion support with this shell. To set your shell to bash use the following command:

    sudo usermod -s /bin/bash username
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  2. Best Answer

    Dash shouldn't be the default user shell. That would make life much less convenient, because bash is way more usable in interactive sessions. You can check what shell you're actually running with echo $SHELL.

    Have a look at /etc/bash.bashrc around line 32. Uncomment the enabling configuration.

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  3. /bin/sh is symlinked to /bin/dash To change it, do: sudo rm /bin/sh sudo ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh

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