I would like to use an interactive posix bash shell but the autocompletion feature doesn't work. When i type the tab character it simply prints a tab. The tab completion only works when i'm on a non posix interactive shell or on a posix interactive shell with emacs input mode. I find emacs input mode very awkward and i am used to vi input mode. The problem only arises when i am on posix mode and vi input mode in which case the tab key only prints a tab space on my shell. Also, the same problem arises when i invoke bash with the sh command.
Here is my /etc/inputrc :
# do not bell on tab-completion
set bell-style audible
set meta-flag on
set input-meta on
set convert-meta off
set output-meta on
# Completed names which are symbolic links to
# directories have a slash appended.
set mark-symlinked-directories on
set editing-mode vi
set keymap vi-insert
set mark-modified-lines on
$if mode=emacs
# for linux console and RH/Debian xterm
"\e[1~": beginning-of-line
"\e[4~": end-of-line
# commented out keymappings for pgup/pgdown to reach begin/end of history
#"\e[5~": beginning-of-history
#"\e[6~": end-of-history
"\e[5~": history-search-backward
"\e[6~": history-search-forward
"\e[3~": delete-char
"\e[2~": quoted-insert
"\e[5C": forward-word
"\e[5D": backward-word
"\e[1;5C": forward-word
"\e[1;5D": backward-word
# for rxvt
"\e[8~": end-of-line
"\eOc": forward-word
"\eOd": backward-word
# for non RH/Debian xterm, can't hurt for RH/DEbian xterm
"\eOH": beginning-of-line
"\eOF": end-of-line
# for freebsd console
"\e[H": beginning-of-line
"\e[F": end-of-line
$endif
