My inputrc is empty. I use Bash.
Problem: I am at
cd $te I press Tab, and I get
cd \$test How can you have the tab completion without the backslash in Bash?
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My inputrc is empty. I use Bash.
Problem: I am at
cd $te I press Tab, and I get
cd \$test How can you have the tab completion without the backslash in Bash?
You don’t. In Bash, a $ is used in the retrieval of variables. For example:
Because of this, a $ in the name of a file or folder must be escaped, else it is interpreted as a var.