bash tab completion in gentoo

[beesea]

in gentoo if i hit tab in a terminal the internal speaker beeps. if i hit tab a second time, bash shows all possible completions. in mandrake however, i only have to press tab once to see the possible completions. does anyone know how to change tab completion behavior in gentoo so it behaves like mandrake?

[aru]

The exact thing you're looking for can be achieved by:

~$ bind 'set show-all-if-ambiguous on'

 

But if you want to have the same full behavior you had in mandrake, then copy the mandrake's /etc/inputrc to your gentoo.

 

If you just want it in a single account, then run from your user's profile:

 

export INPUTRC=/path/to/mandrake.inputrc

bind -f $INPUTRC

 

HTH

[beesea]

that worked perfectly, thanks!