How To disable Tab completion in linux

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’

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