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I'm moving away from Windows (yay!) and need to bring a few features with me. Microsoft added this auto complete feature to PowerShell recently and I need something similar:

I found this package which is helpful, but it requires you to hit tab before you get a list of suggested commands: https://wiki.debian.org/Add%20Bash%20Completion

Do I need a different shell entirely? I'm using bash on Debian now.

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[-] ephos@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You could be a mad lad like me and run PowerShell on Linux and as long as you have the PSReadline module you'll get this autocomplete. As others mentioned fish is also a great shell and I think with oh-my-bash and oh-my-zsh bash and zsh can do this as well.

I don't know if it has it but Nushell might also have something similar and feel a bit more natural coming from pwsh.

tldr; You can stick with pwsh or have tons of alternative options!

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