How to Enable Autocomplete in Mac Terminal

Usually in a Unix/Linux terminal when you press tab it will autocomplete with several options and then it will list the options below for you to select. This is a great feature if you spend a lot of time in the terminal. You could install ZSH to get these features or if you are like me and like to keep things simple, you can enable autocomplete in the mac terminal using bash.

Enable auto-complete in Mac Os terminal

  1. Type in terminal nano ~/.inputrc
  2. Paste the following on separate lines
  3. set completion-ignore-case on
    set show-all-if-ambiguous on
    TAB: menu-complete
  4. Hit control+O to save changes to .inputrc followed by control+X to exit nano
  5. Open a new Terminal window or tab to open a new session with autocomplete enabled
  6. Type and hit the tab key

Let me know if this is helpful in the comments below!

Should you start a blog?

The short answer is YES! Hopefully, the next few paragraphs will motivate you on the importance of having your own blog.

Be careful of saying I’ll create one later.

Today’s greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.” Woodrow Wilson

Over the past few years of writing for this blog, I’ve come to realize the value it brings and I think it’s something everyone should have.

You may be thinking, I’m not good at writing. First of all neither am I but somehow I have over 70 post and 1.2 million views! I do have a little help from Grammarly. Read More

How to Manually Update Google Chrome Extensions

Chrome is my browser of choice primarily because of the speed and extensions. Extensions allow you to extend the functionality of your browser. One of my favorites is Weather Extension.

I often have users asking how to get updates immediately. For the most part, extensions should auto-update pretty regularly but in some cases, you may want to manually choose when you update an extension. Luckily chrome makes this easy.  Read More