gdb also uses readline... And readline is configured with ~/.inputrc Here is my config from a happy gdb vim mode user : set editing-mode vi # If set to ‘on’,

gdb also uses readline... And readline is configured with ~/.inputrc Here is my config from a happy gdb vim mode user : set editing-mode vi # If set to ‘on’, Readline performs filename matching and completion in a case-insensitive fashion. The default value is ‘off’. set completion-ignore-case on # If set to ‘on’, Readline displays possible completions using different colors to indicate their file type. The color definitions are taken from the set colored-stats on # Perform partial (common) completion on the first Tab press, only start # cycling full results on the second Tab press (from bash version 5) set menu-complete-display-prefix on ### MAPPINGS ### # Allow to refresh the screen "\C-l":clear-screen # If there are multiple matches for completion, Tab should cycle through them TAB:menu-complete