Hello Lowry76

For example, on my work laptop the "-d" parameter disables bash tab-completion.

Some technical tests to consider before ploughing into Bash source code.

Simply use the existing tab completion to complete the paths first than backtrack over the command line and enter the switches afterwards.

I have not experienced a switch controlling command line editing behaviour, at least not without a ctrl character input. Most times I CTRL+S to save, but on CLI scroll lock is set (for me).

Are you using absolute paths, or relative paths ? if the file is in the cwd prepend a ./
For example,
./fileinthisdir
/home/usr/absolutepathto/fileinthisdir

Are you using bash? ls -l /bin/sh should inform you of your shell, you may be surprised.

quick-tapping tab usually gives you info or completion selections.

Once you are sure about those then it may be time to go to another level.

DoC

Scroll Locks!

In reply to Re: Tab-completion ... not perl related though by Don Coyote
in thread Tab-completion ... not perl related though by Lowry76

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