import readline

class TabCompleter(object):

readline.set_completer_delims('\t')

readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")

def __init__(self, list_p):

self.create_list_completer(self, list_p)

@staticmethod

def create_list_completer(self, ll):

def list_completer(text, state):

line = readline.get_line_buffer()

if not line:

return [c + " " for c in ll][state]

else:

# return [c.lower() + " " for c in ll if (c.lower()).startswith(line)][state]

return [c + " " for c in ll if (c.lower()).startswith(line.lower())][state]

readline.set_completer(list_completer)

'''

if __name__ == "__main__":

li = ["ab", "aa", "bcd a", "bdf c", "bda b", "bdf d"]

t = TabCompleter(li)

ans = input("Complete from list ")

print(ans)

'''