How do I get zsh's autocomplete to complete wildcards like bash does?

In zsh and in bash, if I type ls c<TAB> it displays every filename starting with c. If instead I type ls c*<TAB>, bash behaves the same way, but zsh replaces the c* with the list of every file starting with c. Is there any way to make zsh behave like bash does?

Solution 1:

setopt GLOB_COMPLETE

From man zshoptions:

GLOB_COMPLETE

When the current word has a glob pattern, do not insert all the words resulting from the expansion but generate matches as for completion and cycle through them like MENU_COMPLETE. The matches are generated as if a ‘*’ was added to the end of the word, or inserted at the cursor when COMPLETE_IN_WORD is set. This actually uses pattern matching, not globbing, so it works not only for files but for any completion, such as options, user names, etc.

Note that when the pattern matcher is used, matching control (for example, case-insensitive or anchored matching) cannot be used. This limitation only applies when the current word contains a pattern; simply turning on the GLOB_COMPLETE option does not have this effect.