zsh autocompletion only if there is unique match

Question

I recently switched from bash to zsh and I am trying to figure out how to change the double tab autocomplete behavior. I'd like it to autocomplete only if there is a unique match.

Answer 1

This can be controlled by shell options. You can try it in interactive shell first, then add your preferred options to ~/.zshrc.

To make zsh auto complete behave more like bash, you can start with this:

setopt NO_AUTOLIST BASH_AUTOLIST NO_MENUCOMPLETE

Also check official zsh documentation, section 6 and especially subsection 6.2. Currently it can be found here: https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Guide/zshguide06.html#l147