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i have been getting very frustrated lately since the readline functionality has been removed from MacOSX and Tab Auto-Completion doesn't work anymore.



So i was wondering if anyone knew a good alternative to use that i could install so i can tab auto-complete files when sftp'd in.



I heard that with-readline is a good option for this. If so, how do i get an alias sftp = with-readline sftp to work?



I would like to do the same with any other option that isn't with-readline, so i don't have to assign an alias each time i set up a session.



I am using Mac OS X 10.8(Mountain Lion) with Homebrew installed.



Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.










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    i have been getting very frustrated lately since the readline functionality has been removed from MacOSX and Tab Auto-Completion doesn't work anymore.



    So i was wondering if anyone knew a good alternative to use that i could install so i can tab auto-complete files when sftp'd in.



    I heard that with-readline is a good option for this. If so, how do i get an alias sftp = with-readline sftp to work?



    I would like to do the same with any other option that isn't with-readline, so i don't have to assign an alias each time i set up a session.



    I am using Mac OS X 10.8(Mountain Lion) with Homebrew installed.



    Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.










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      i have been getting very frustrated lately since the readline functionality has been removed from MacOSX and Tab Auto-Completion doesn't work anymore.



      So i was wondering if anyone knew a good alternative to use that i could install so i can tab auto-complete files when sftp'd in.



      I heard that with-readline is a good option for this. If so, how do i get an alias sftp = with-readline sftp to work?



      I would like to do the same with any other option that isn't with-readline, so i don't have to assign an alias each time i set up a session.



      I am using Mac OS X 10.8(Mountain Lion) with Homebrew installed.



      Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.










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      i have been getting very frustrated lately since the readline functionality has been removed from MacOSX and Tab Auto-Completion doesn't work anymore.



      So i was wondering if anyone knew a good alternative to use that i could install so i can tab auto-complete files when sftp'd in.



      I heard that with-readline is a good option for this. If so, how do i get an alias sftp = with-readline sftp to work?



      I would like to do the same with any other option that isn't with-readline, so i don't have to assign an alias each time i set up a session.



      I am using Mac OS X 10.8(Mountain Lion) with Homebrew installed.



      Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.







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