I use the command line everyday at for work and home. Command switches a part of life but the problem is remembering switches. The man files have always helped and always will continue doing so.

Bash-completion came along to help in this area. It displays a list of a available switched for a specific command by simply hitting the TAB key twice. See screenshots below for clearer picture.

  1. Download the rpm . Currently no packages available from the CentOS repos.
    #“wget http://www.caliban.org/files/redhat/RPMS/noarch/bash-completion-20060301-1.noarch.rpm"

  2. Install the rpm
    #“rpm -ivh bash-completion-20060301-1.noarch.rpm”

  3. Start a new shell or execute the command below
    #”. /etc/bash_completion"

  4. Test out your new shell enhancement
    #“ls — [TAB][TAB]”

bash-completion1.jpg

bash-completion2.jpg

Other Sources:

All About Linux

Debian Administration