Bash tab completion adding space to variables I have a number of global variables defined in my .bashrc. export mylogdir=/var/mylogs export myappdir=/opt/myapps I am able to cd $mylogdir. However, if I ls $mylogdir, a space is added on tab completion of $mylogdir: ls $myl[TAB] -> ls $mylogdir<space> Any option or procedure to stop adding the space. The space is a problem as I sometimes want to cat $mylogdir/<space>logfile1.log Tabbing through variables always has `<space>` appended to end. Bash Version=4.2.46

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The space at the end is a preference that is set using compopt. You can see the current behaviour with:


compopt


And you can change the behavior by running:


compopt +/-o


So to remove the whitespace from ls variable autocompletion, you would run:


compopt -o nospace ls


And if you want it to be permanent, you can add it to `~/.bashrc`