Bash Substring File Completion

Question

Does bash partial/substring file completion similar to what zsh does?

That is, instead of requiring the user to enter a prefix of the filename, then tab; the user can also enter a substring of the filename, then tab.

Say a directory contains a file abcdef, then not only would ab<tab> complete to this filename, but also bc<tab> and cd<tab> and so on.

Your question is extremely vague; please provide more detail. But the answer is probably yes. — Adam Spiers, Aug 21 '12 at 08:09
kinda like hitting the TAB 1 time, or twice for a list of alternatives? — user827992, Aug 21 '12 at 08:13
I've clarified the question and explained how does zsh do substring completion. Hope that was helpful and allows to answer the question better. — hibbelig, Nov 19 '14 at 21:32

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 19 '14 at 21:34

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If a directory contains the file abcdef, then you can enter *bc* and then hit the TAB key, and it will complete. Of course, zsh can do it without the *, so it's not the same thing.

answered Nov 19 '14 at 21:34

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