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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/spack/cmd/python.py4
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diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/python.py b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/python.py
index 901574c12d..ac891dbfd1 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/cmd/python.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/cmd/python.py
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ def python_interpreter(args):
else:
# Provides readline support, allowing user to use arrow keys
console.push('import readline')
+ # Provide tabcompletion
+ console.push('from rlcompleter import Completer')
+ console.push('readline.set_completer(Completer(locals()).complete)')
+ console.push('readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")')
console.interact("Spack version %s\nPython %s, %s %s"
% (spack.spack_version, platform.python_version(),