Tab autocompletion in bash vi shell mode

Question

When using MSYS on a windows platform, I "set -o vi" to use the vi shell mode. Tab autocompletion for files and directories stops working. How to I renable this while remaining in vi shell mode?

Answer 1

Try:

bind -q complete

to see if it's set.

To set it at the Bash prompt:

bind '"\C-i":complete'

It should already be set by default, but it may be overridden in /etc/inputrc or ~/.inputrc possibly inside a $if mode=vi / $endif block. You can set for subsequent shell starts by adding this line to your ~/.inputrc file:

"\C-i": complete

Answer 2

For dir/file name completion try: ESC-\ or ESC-= or ESC-*

In my case (ubuntu 18.04) it doesn't work for commands.