When I am typing into bash and I press the tab key to auto complete, sometimes it takes a significant time. E.g., file IO to read directories takes >5 seconds, and thus I am hung waiting for IO to complete before I can continue typing. I get frustrated and Ctrl-C so that I can redo what I was typing.Ctrl-C is unfortunate, since I must retype everything again. How can I tell bash to stop trying to fulfill my auto complete request.$ /long/path/to/some/d     # once I've typed this, I press <TAB>. I now will be                           # stuck waiting for perhaps 10 seconds. The only thing I                           # know to do is Ctrl-C. When I press Ctrl-C, I am forced                           # to retype the original command string.$
Bash tab completion stop searching
bash;autocomplete