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13,401 PointsHow to enable Tab Completion in Mac OS X Terminal
Launch Terminal and be in the home directory to get started:
Using emacs, nano, vi, or whatever your favorite text editor is to edit .inputrc, we’ll use nano for the walkthrough: nano .inputrc
Paste in the following three rules on unique lines: set completion-ignore-case on set show-all-if-ambiguous on TAB: menu-complete
Hit Control+O to save changes to .inputrc followed by control+X to quit Open a new Terminal window or tab, or type “login” to open a new session with the rules in effect Start typing a command, path, or something else and hit the Tab key to see the improvements firsthand