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=== In command-line interpreters === {{main|Command-line completion}} [[Image:Powershell Intellisense example for the Get-Process cmdlet.gif|right|thumb|514px|Command-line completion in [[PowerShell]].]] In a [[command-line interpreter]], such as [[Unix]]'s [[Bourne shell|sh]] or [[Bash (Unix shell)|bash]], or [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]'s [[cmd.exe]] or [[PowerShell]], or in similar [[command line interface]]s, autocomplete of command names and file names may be accomplished by keeping track of all the possible names of things the user may access. Here autocomplete is usually done by pressing the [[Tab key|{{keypress|Tab}}]] key after typing the first several letters of the word. For example, if the only file in the current directory that starts with x is xLongFileName, the user may prefer to type x and autocomplete to the complete name. If there were another file name or command starting with x in the same scope, the user would type more letters or press the Tab key repeatedly to select the appropriate text.
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