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I have been using Ubuntu for quite some time now. At first everything worked good. After some update that was released lately (probably less than 2 months), terminal does not autocomplete commands any more.

When I try to type something and try to autocomplete it with tab... it just does nothing.

I tried to look at some solutions on this site including this

Terminal autocomplete doesn't work properly

But that did not work. I tried to reinstall Ubuntu, both 20.04.2.0 and 21.04, but the problem persists.

Before when I used the autocomplete function by pressing the tab key, I could hear a beep from the PC, but I do not hear the beep anymore.

Any help please??

Zanna
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  • You may try to overwrite your bash configuration files with the default ones: `cp /etc/skel/.* ~`. Exit and restart terminal to see changes. The package `bash-completion` should be installed by default. – vanadium Jun 12 '21 at 09:22
  • Hi @vanadium Can you please write the full command how can it be done? I get the following result when i try to execute the command above cp /etc/skel/.* ~ cp: -r not specified; omitting directory '/etc/skel/.' – Alduxo Jun 12 '21 at 13:05
  • Don't worry, that is because of the `.*`. That also selects `.`, the current directory, besides the hidden files you want to copy, hence the warning. The files are copied, though. If that does not help, perhaps temporarily create a new account to see if the issue persists there. If no, then it is confirmed that this is a problem with your current user configuration. – vanadium Jun 12 '21 at 13:20
  • Sorry none of the above solutions worked... Any other suggestion? – Alduxo Jun 14 '21 at 18:30
  • So it does not work on another, new account, and even not after reinstalling??? – vanadium Jun 14 '21 at 18:32
  • Yes that is right. It does not work neither with new account, nor with new installation. – Alduxo Jun 15 '21 at 06:22

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