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I am using Kali 2021.1. When I type commands in the terminal, it shows my last used command with the portion that I haven't typed grayed out.

For example, when I type cat, the terminal outputs the last command that I had typed with cat, which was cat test, but the test part was grayed out.

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Is there a way for the terminal to autocomplete test? If I only type tab, it would not do anything unless I type enough characters in test for it to be singled out from other files that also start with t, te, etc.

user1046658
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use the right arrow on your keyboard and it will "harden" the suggested remainder of the command you posted above

EWJ00
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You can enhance your Zsh experience by downloading plugins and adding syntax highlighting. To do so, execute the following Git clone commands:

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

Next, open your .zshrc file with Nano using nano ~/.zshrc and replace the existing plugins=(git) line with plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting).

Finally, apply the changes by running source ~/.zshrc.

warfish
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