How do I make Vim do normal (Bash-like) tab completion for file names?

Question

When I'm opening a new file in Vim and I use tab completion, it completes the whole file name instead of doing the partial match like Bash does. Is there an option to make this file name tab completion work more like Bash?

Answer 1

I personally use

set wildmode=longest,list,full
set wildmenu

When you type the first tab hit, it will complete as much as possible. The second tab hit will provide a list. The third and subsequent tabs will cycle through completion options so you can complete the file without further keys.

Bash-like would be just

set wildmode=longest,list 

but the full is very handy.