question regarding CLI Tab-search

[James Knott]

Matt Cahill wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>   So, to my amazement, somebody finally revealed to me that I can find the 
> names of files on my system by entering the first digits and then hitting Tab 
> twice (using an xconsole at least).  What is the name of this feature?  I'd 
> love to read up more about it (for example, why I can find apps as root but 
> not as user and how I would change such settings) before I post questions 
> here.  I'm a little surprised that I wasn't aware of it before now...

Tab completion.  Also, it depends on the shell you use.  Bash has it, 
some others don't.
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