[GTALUG] SSH Host tab completion

[Daniel Wayne Armstrong]

Resolved the issue by adding ...

source /etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh

... to my ~/.bashrc, though I still don't know why it would auto-complete
OK inside tmux.

On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 4:24 PM Daniel Wayne Armstrong <
daniel at circuidipity.com> wrote:

> Hello all ... I am currently running Debian Buster and Bash shell. I have
> a few Host aliases defined in my ~/.ssh/config. Example: Host test-server.
> So when, in console, I type ...
>
> $ ssh tes
>
> ... and hit Tab, then auto-completion fills out ...
>
> $ ssh test-server
>
> When I try to do the same thing in a terminal (urxvt), tab completion does
> *not* work. The complete host alias has to be entered.
>
> *But* tab completion for ssh host aliases *does* work if entered within
> tmux running in the terminal.
>
> Any idea how I can get tab completion working for ssh host aliases in the
> terminal?
>
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> <http://www.circuidipity.com>
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>
>

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