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I use VI mode when using bash and I sometimes find that some of the standard compspec definitions don't do what I want. For example, java doesn't appear to know that you have been able to do java Source.java since Java 9.

Is there a way to get "dumb" expansion when in VI mode. In emacs mode, I understand I can do ESC / and it will expand files without going through the compspec function. But that doesn't work in VI mode (the ESC just ends normal mode).

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I've figured it out. The readline function to call is complete-filename, so I can create a mapping in my .inputrc:

$if mode=vi
    set keymap vi-insert
    "\C- ": complete-filename
$endif
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