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bash wildcard completion

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Mar 15, 2026794 views
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Problem

Is it possible to make bash expand wildcards on tab completion in the same style as zsh? So imagine the following: Now, Would expand to BUT should not expand but should instead list potential matches (no wildcard). gets close but isn't quite there. If you try the above in zsh you will see the desir…

Error Output

mkdir new
touch new/1.txt new/2.txt new/3.log

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Fix for: bash wildcard completion

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I think you looking for C-x * ( ). I've never used zsh, but see if that does what you are looking for.

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