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Asked: 2026-06-06T18:09:57+00:00

I would like to make tab completion in bash a bit more intelligent. Let’s

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I would like to make tab completion in bash a bit more intelligent.

Let’s say I have a folder with a src file .lisp, and a compiled version of that file .fasl. I would like to type vi filename [tab tab], and the .lisp autocompletes as the only option. That is, it’s not likely that I want vim to open a compiled binary, so don’t have it in the list of autocomplete options to cycle through.

Is there a way that I can keep a flat list of extensions that autocomplete ignores, or somehow customize it for vim, so that autocomplete ignores only particular file extensions when a bash command starts with vi …

Any ideas are appreciated.

Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    The bash complete command seems to be what you want.

    Here is a Linux Journal link to ‘complete’ command video. and here is the follow-up page More on Using the Bash Complete Command

    The links explain it quite well, and here is a related SO Question/Answer: Bash autocompletion across a symbolic link

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