On 4/6/2014 06:44, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > I have a problem where commands preceded by "sudo" are not always > auto-completed. This happens with executables that don't have user > execute permission. For example, net-analyzer/tcptraceroute installs > this binary: > > -rws--x--- 1 root wheel 35536 Mar 8 23:32 /usr/sbin/tcptraceroute > > Typing: > > sudo tcptr[TAB] > > does not auto-complete. Changing the permissions: > > chmod a+x /usr/sbin/tcptraceroute > > makes it work. > > Is there a way to make bash-completion work without having to modify the > permissions? > >
According to https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=45613: adding `complete -cf sudo` to your .bashrc will make tab completion work with sudo. Just tested: dresden ~ # complete -cf sudo dresden ~ # sudo tcp tcpd tcpdchk tcpdmatch tcpdump tcptraceroute dresden ~ # ls -alh /usr/sbin/tcptraceroute -rws--x--- 1 root wheel 35K Apr 6 15:54 /usr/sbin/tcptraceroute -- staticsafe
