To disable Tab Completion in linux
vi ~.inputrc
and add following lines to it
set disable-completion on
Now logout and login again to check it if its working or not.
To enable it again change the set disable-completion on to set disable-completion off or just comment that line in .inputrc using(#)
To disable Tab Completion temporarily in current shell
bind ‘set disable-completion on’
or
bind -u complete
To Enable tab completion in current shell use
bind ‘set disable-completion off’