@bri7@social.treehouse.systems
oh wow it would be super neat if that was written anywhere other than a shitty internet comment about how stupid i am for not knowing that
In Bash's manpage it's written in the ยงReadline - Completing.
Completing
complete (TAB)
Attempt to perform completion on the text before point. Bash atโ
tempts completion treating the text as a variable (if the text
begins with $), username (if the text begins with ~), hostname
(if the text begins with @), or command (including aliases and
functions) in turn. If none of these produces a match, filename
completion is attempted.
Granted it would've been helpful if there was some built-in tutorial feature.
Part of the issue here is that POSIX & UNIX expect you to have a physical user manual or guidebook/handbook or to already be familiar with UNIX & POSIX.
Because historically it was easier and cheaper to have a paper book available (things have certainly changed).