I added the following to my ~/.inputrc:set show-all-if-ambiguous on   # single tab to start completion helpset completion-ignore-case on  # completion is case-insensitive$include /etc/inputrcIf I run strace bash I can see that it is loaded:stat(/home/john/.inputrc, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=156, ...}) = 0open(/home/john/.inputrc, O_RDONLY)   = 3read(3, set show-all-if-ambiguous on   #..., 156) = 156close(3)                                = 0stat(/etc/inputrc, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=714, ...}) = 0open(/etc/inputrc, O_RDONLY)          = 3read(3, # do not bell on tab-completion\n..., 714) = 714close(3)                            = 0Given:$ ls ~Projects    PicturesIn a new bash window cd p<TAB> produces no results.However, If I type: bind 'set completion-ignore-case on', it lists both folders and changes the case as expected.What am I missing here?Edit:/etc/inputrc is unmodified and contains:# do not bell on tab-completion#set bell-style noneset meta-flag onset input-meta onset convert-meta offset output-meta on$if mode=emacs# for linux console and RH/Debian xterm\e[1~: beginning-of-line\e[4~: end-of-line\e[5~: beginning-of-history\e[6~: end-of-history\e[7~: beginning-of-line\e[3~: delete-char\e[2~: quoted-insert\e[5C: forward-word\e[5D: backward-word\e\e[C: forward-word\e\e[D: backward-word\e[1;5C: forward-word\e[1;5D: backward-word# for rxvt\e[8~: end-of-line# for non RH/Debian xterm, can't hurt for RH/DEbian xterm\eOH: beginning-of-line\eOF: end-of-line# for freebsd console\e[H: beginning-of-line\e[F: end-of-line$endif
inputrc not loading correctly
bash;readline;inputrc
It seems inputrc supports # comments, but only on their own line and not trailing.  Having # comment after each statement caused it to fail to apply.set show-all-if-ambiguous onset completion-ignore-case onSeems to work as expected.