You need to enable one of the editor modes with set -o gmacs, set -o
emacs or set -o vi to get tab, tab-tab or esc-style file name and
variable completion. This can be done by adding such a line to
$HOME/.kshrc for your user or /etc/ksh.kshrc for all uses on a
machine.
ksh93 does not enable any of the set -o flags at start by default to
conform to the POSIX shell specification, unlike bash who break the
standard with that in favour of usability.

Olga

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Patrick Pippen <[email protected]> wrote:
> How do I enable command and file name completion? I've tried
> M-*,  M-ESC, & ^I tab. All I keep getting is: just a blank space,
>  I believe I'm missing something.
>
> So I'm going to nuke my .profile and start from scratch any suggestions?
>
> Regards, Patrick
>
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