Django Bash completion not working on manage.py

Question

I am trying out the django_bash_completion script provided by Django but can't use it with python manage.py command.

I am trying out the django_bash_completion script provided by Django. I have added it to active script in the virtual environment. It works with django-admin but can't use it with python manage.py command.

cd django-test-project
virtualenv -p python3 venv
echo "source /path/to/.django_bash_completion" >> venv/bin/active
active
django-admin<tab><tab>
python manage.py<tab><tab>

For django-admin it shows all options like check, makemigrations, migrate runserver etc but when I run python manage.py it gives manage.py: command not found.

Any idea why and how can I solve it?

I am running bash on Ubuntu 18.04

`manage.py` is available at the project level. You need to `cd` to the desired project. — shafik, Sep 14 '19 at 17:04
@shafik I am already on the project level directory. updated the question. — Fazle Rabbi, Sep 15 '19 at 07:42
https://github.com/django/django/blob/master/extras/django_bash_completion — Sahil, Sep 15 '19 at 08:07
@Sahil the `.django_bash_completion` file I mentioned is downloaded from the source you commented. — Fazle Rabbi, Sep 16 '19 at 10:01

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 24 '22 at 09:25

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You have to run manage.py <tab><tab> not python manage.py <tab><tab>

As the Official Documentation says: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/django-admin/#bash-completion

edited Oct 24 '22 at 09:25

Paolo

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answered Oct 07 '19 at 07:02

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I had to run `chmod a+x manage.py` to make `manage.py` executable, and the completion would only work when running `./manage.py ` (this is on macOS) – Greg Sadetsky Jan 10 '21 at 19:02
I tried this but it is not working? Have you tested it on ubunutu? – Shiv Krishna Jaiswal Aug 14 '21 at 03:58
new code uses `grep` instead of `egrep`... i believe thats the problem. try old bash script i've posted. – vigo Nov 30 '22 at 13:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 30 '22 at 12:58

I've been using this old original bash-completion for Django. still works :) you don't need to ./manage.py ... try python manage.py [tab]

https://gist.github.com/vigo/5c25936a682845932bdaf17126c4167d

tested on macOS Ventura, python 3.11.0 + Django 4.1.3

Django Bash completion not working on manage.py

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