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Old 07-20-2016
Cp command autocomplete
Hi

I'm still new around bash and Ubuntu, but I was expecting for the "cp" command to have an autocomplete feature like the ls command. Should it, or I'm assuming too much?

In case it doesn't have by default, is there a way to enable it?

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# 2  
Old 07-20-2016
You mean when you type it in the shell? Then it's the shell's autocompletion, that should work for all commands.
Your default shell can be obtained by
Code:
echo $SHELL

And the following command shows where it comes from
Code:
getent passwd $USER

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Old 07-20-2016
Never mind, lol... My fault as I was not using it correctly Smilie
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