How do I get bash to autocomplete when pressing TAB after an equality sign (=)? E.g. starting Abaqus, I use the command line
abaqus job=
and would like to be able to press TAB after '=' and get a list of files. Right now, I can insert a space after the '=', press tab to get a list of files, choose file and then remove the space.
I know about bash completion, but that way to much involved except if someone has an example of exactly how to do it.
You should either go learn how to fiddle with bash's Programmable Completion (not for the faint of heart ;-)) or just disable it with
shopt -u progcomp
That you will get the classical readline(3) command / variable / filename completion back [1].
If the programmable completion is already disabled and =<Tab> still doesn't work, you should check the COMP_WORDBREAKS variable and add the = character to it if it isn't already included.
[1] for me the right fix on debian has always been
apt-get remove --purge bash-completion
which will uproot it completely, and prevent it from surreptitiously coming back.
shopt -u progcomp was exactly what I was looking for.
cmakecompspec, disable the programmable completion, or add back=toCOMP_WORDBREAKSif it isn't already there (highly unlikely). There are a lot of other Qs from people fighting with bash's programmable completion, you'll have no problem finding a more suitable dupe ;-)