How to disable completion entirely for a specific shell command or alias?
I have the following Bash alias which doesn't take any arguments.
alias b='cd ..'
Typing b<space> and then pressing <tab> brings up completion results for any paths in the current directory. How can I make it so that pressing <tab> does not trigger autocompletion of any kind? I have already tried complete -r b which didn't help.
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I have the following Bash alias which doesn't take any arguments.
alias b='cd ..'
Typing b<space> and then pressing <tab> brings up completion results for any paths in the current directory. How can I make it so that pressing <tab> does not trigger autocompletion of any kind? I have already tried complete -r b which didn't help.
shell autocomplete
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Hi and welcome to Unix Stackexchange. Why do you need to typeb<space><tab>? Also, can you clarify if you want to disable autocompletion entirely, or just for commands starting with the letter 'b'?
– Time4Tea
8 mins ago
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I have the following Bash alias which doesn't take any arguments.
alias b='cd ..'
Typing b<space> and then pressing <tab> brings up completion results for any paths in the current directory. How can I make it so that pressing <tab> does not trigger autocompletion of any kind? I have already tried complete -r b which didn't help.
shell autocomplete
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I have the following Bash alias which doesn't take any arguments.
alias b='cd ..'
Typing b<space> and then pressing <tab> brings up completion results for any paths in the current directory. How can I make it so that pressing <tab> does not trigger autocompletion of any kind? I have already tried complete -r b which didn't help.
shell autocomplete
shell autocomplete
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Hi and welcome to Unix Stackexchange. Why do you need to typeb<space><tab>? Also, can you clarify if you want to disable autocompletion entirely, or just for commands starting with the letter 'b'?
– Time4Tea
8 mins ago
add a comment |
Hi and welcome to Unix Stackexchange. Why do you need to typeb<space><tab>? Also, can you clarify if you want to disable autocompletion entirely, or just for commands starting with the letter 'b'?
– Time4Tea
8 mins ago
Hi and welcome to Unix Stackexchange. Why do you need to type
b<space><tab>? Also, can you clarify if you want to disable autocompletion entirely, or just for commands starting with the letter 'b'?– Time4Tea
8 mins ago
Hi and welcome to Unix Stackexchange. Why do you need to type
b<space><tab>? Also, can you clarify if you want to disable autocompletion entirely, or just for commands starting with the letter 'b'?– Time4Tea
8 mins ago
add a comment |
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Hi and welcome to Unix Stackexchange. Why do you need to type
b<space><tab>? Also, can you clarify if you want to disable autocompletion entirely, or just for commands starting with the letter 'b'?– Time4Tea
8 mins ago