Bash: autocomplete from list

[Luis Paulo]

On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Afsheen Ghorashy <grasswistle at gmail.com> wrote:
> Let us assume that I have a text file with expressions separated by line
> breaks.
>
> I would like Bash to include the expressions of this text file in its search
> when I press double-tab (autocomplete).
>
> Is this possible? How would I do it? Programming is no foe of mine.
>
> Thanks,
> Grasswistle
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Nah...

But ii the expressions are commands you want an easier way to type
them at the prompt, try the bash aliases.

See http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_03_05.html, for example

Hope it helps
Regards
Luis