Re: [Help-bash] Very slow command completion when the current directory is slow to access

[Matthew Cengia]

On 2013-07-18 17:39, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I am in a directory that is very slow to access (e.g., a virtual
> directory that maps to a ftp server), command completion is also very
> slow. But my $PATH does not have '.'. Does anybody know what causes
> the slow down of command completion? Is there a way to make it fast as
> if the current directory is not slow to access? Thanks.

It's likely your .bashrc is sourcing /etc/bash_completion* which almost
certainly does a whole lot of checks (including the contents of the
current directory) before returning possible completions. Start a shell
with bash --norc --noprofile to see if this fixes the issue. If so, stop
using bash completion indiscriminantly and only source it when you want
it:

  alias C='. /etc/bash_completion 2>&-'

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Regards,
Matthew Cengia

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