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command completion in .sh or .ksh in AIX environment

How do you user command completion in .sh or .ksh in AIX environment?
I know you can do it by hitting <esc><esc> in bash, but how do you do it in bourne or korn shell in AIX 5.3 environment?
Thanks in advance.
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Old 03-22-2008
 
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