+@item match-hidden-files
+@vindex match-hidden-files
+This variable, when set to @samp{on}, causes Readline to match files whose
+names begin with a @samp{.} (hidden files) when performing filename
+completion, unless the leading @samp{.} is
+supplied by the user in the filename to be completed.
+This variable is @samp{on} by default.
+