readline: Commands For Completion
1.4.6 Letting Readline Type For You
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'complete (<TAB>)'
Attempt to perform completion on the text before point. The actual
completion performed is application-specific. The default is
filename completion.
'possible-completions (M-?)'
List the possible completions of the text before point. When
displaying completions, Readline sets the number of columns used
for display to the value of 'completion-display-width', the value
of the environment variable 'COLUMNS', or the screen width, in that
order.
'insert-completions (M-*)'
Insert all completions of the text before point that would have
been generated by 'possible-completions'.
'menu-complete ()'
Similar to 'complete', but replaces the word to be completed with a
single match from the list of possible completions. Repeated
execution of 'menu-complete' steps through the list of possible
completions, inserting each match in turn. At the end of the list
of completions, the bell is rung (subject to the setting of
'bell-style') and the original text is restored. An argument of N
moves N positions forward in the list of matches; a negative
argument may be used to move backward through the list. This
command is intended to be bound to <TAB>, but is unbound by
default.
'menu-complete-backward ()'
Identical to 'menu-complete', but moves backward through the list
of possible completions, as if 'menu-complete' had been given a
negative argument.
'delete-char-or-list ()'
Deletes the character under the cursor if not at the beginning or
end of the line (like 'delete-char'). If at the end of the line,
behaves identically to 'possible-completions'. This command is
unbound by default.
Info Catalog
readline: Numeric Arguments
readline: Bindable Readline Commands
readline: Keyboard Macros