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Basically i want to change ubuntu terminal functionally, so that i can cycle thru all the options when i tab(on the cmd line row) and not list the options as it is per default?

Im using bash, ubuntu 9.04. I see some possibilities in ".bashrc", but there must be someone out there who already solved this problem?

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you do know that if press Tab twice you got a list of all possible completion, don't you? – vava Sep 12 '09 at 9:23
@vava: You're describing bash's possible-completions command, which is usually the default behavior. The question is how to replace this behavior with the behavior provided by bash's menu-complete command. – las3rjock Sep 12 '09 at 9:49
@las3rjock, I know, that's why I left a comment, not an answer. It is just possible that OP doesn't know about that feature since it is way better than cycling mode. – vava Sep 12 '09 at 9:54
@vava: The OP describes the possible-completions behavior and states that he wants to replace it with the menu-complete behavior. – las3rjock Sep 12 '09 at 10:10
@vava i do know how the terminal works, and i want to change this much annoying behavior. – Daniel T. Magnusson Sep 14 '09 at 8:05
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According to the comments on this page, putting

bind '"\t":menu-complete'

in your .bashrc should enable cyclic tab completion.

See section 8.4.6 of the Bash Reference Manual for more information.

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Thanks, very nice find! - Just love the comment on that page "It has taken me years to find out that bash supports cyclic tab completion"- hah, superuser wins! – Daniel T. Magnusson Sep 14 '09 at 8:08
Thanks! Once this is implemented, is there an override key combination to use the old way momentarily? Shift+TAB, for instance. – Ace Jan 14 at 15:44
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