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PowerShell bash-like autocomplete
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PowerShell Autocomplete.md

Add bash-like autocomplete to PowerShell

  1. Add or open your PowerShell profile (to make the changes permanent)
ii $PROFILE.CurrentUserAllHosts
  1. Add the following lines
# Tab autocomplete
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key Tab -Function MenuComplete
# Arrow-key autocomplete
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key UpArrow -Function HistorySearchBackward
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key DownArrow -Function HistorySearchForward
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Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key Tab -Function MenuComplete
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key UpArrow -Function HistorySearchBackward
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key DownArrow -Function HistorySearchForward
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