Python Command line tab completion for Mac system

Create a new ~/.pythonstartup file and write the following:

$ cat ~/.pythonstartup Import sysimport readlineimport rlcompleterif sys.platform = = ' Darwin ' and sys.version_info[0] = = 2 : Readline.parse_and_bind ("Bind ^i Rl_complete") else:readline.parse_and_bind ("Tab:complete")

Then set the environment variable Pythonstartup, can be set in the ~/.bash_profile file of the home directory, append the following line. As follows:

Export pythonstartup= $HOME/.pythonstartup

Reload the ~/.bash_profile configuration file,

. ~/.bash_profile

Set up, you can enter the Python command line terminal, to verify that the tab completion can be done,

 pythonPython 2.7.10  (default, oct 23 2015, 19:19:21)  [gcc 4.1.7  Compatible Apple LLVM 6.8.0  (clang-500.0.11.5)] on darwintype  "Help",   "Copyright",  "credits"  or  "license"  for more information.>>>  import sys>>> print sys.psys.path                 sys.platform             sys.ps2                 sys.path_hooks          sys.prefix               sys.py3kwarning         sys.path_importer_cache sys.ps1           &nbSp;     >>> print sys.p 

Well, it is possible to complete the completion of the verification.

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Python Command line tab completion for Mac system