Tab Auto-Completion in Mac OS X when using sftp in terminal

Question

i have been getting very frustrated lately since the readline functionality has been removed from MacOSX and Tab Auto-Completion doesn't work anymore.

So i was wondering if anyone knew a good alternative to use that i could install so i can tab auto-complete files when sftp'd in.

I heard that with-readline is a good option for this. If so, how do i get an alias sftp = with-readline sftp to work?

I would like to do the same with any other option that isn't with-readline, so i don't have to assign an alias each time i set up a session.

I am using Mac OS X 10.8(Mountain Lion) with Homebrew installed.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.

Answer 1

You could just install the MacPorts openssh port which includes an sftp built with tab completion.