Bash auto-completion won't work for java command

Question

I have a folder that has one java source (.java) and one java (.class) class file. I try to get the autocomplete functionality of bash by pressing <tab> after the

java

or

java MyCl

in order for bash to auto fill the filename MyClass .

Nothing happens though...

INFO:

My java file is located in

which java
/home/username/Programs/jdk1.8.0_40/bin/java

and

whereis java
java: /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/X11/java /usr/share/java /usr/share/man/man1/java.1.gz

Answer 1

set your CLASSPATH variable to include the current directory. For example, in your ~/.bashrc (or ~/.profile) add this line:

    export CLASSPATH=.:$CLASSPATH