On Fri 16 May 2025 at 14:57:15 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 16:39:15 +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > > > when i type ssh and two tabs i get a list of host > > > numeric and names > > > where do they come from > > > > Assuming you are using bash (or another shell that does TAB > > completion) I think it's probably just a list of file and directory > > names in the current directory. > > > > Try doing the same in a different directory. > > No, it's almost certainly programmable completion from the bash-completion > package.
Yes, it is bash-completion. It's a minor inconvenience when you have a very large number of hosts defined: $ ssh Display all 13590 possibilities? (y or n) and use ssh or scp for file transfer on the LAN. > It's installed and used by default in Debian. It may be installed, but I've always had to use: [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && . /etc/bash_completion # Use bash-completion if available in order for it to work: $ grep -A8 'bash completion' /etc/bash.bashrc # enable bash completion in interactive shells #if ! shopt -oq posix; then # if [ -f /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion ]; then # . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion # elif [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then # . /etc/bash_completion # fi #fi $ Cheers, David.
