Questions about command completion in the Bash Unix shell.
Questions tagged [bash-completion]
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Detect the presence of Bash completion in bash
What is the way to detect if bash completion package is loaded in my bash shell? As of version 2.1 of bash-completion (included in Debian 8), there is no shell variable to indicate this except BASH_COMPLETION_COMPAT_DIR, which is not a reliable…
Wirawan Purwanto
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bash tab completion with spaces
I'm having a problem with bash-completion when the possible options may contain spaces.
Let's say I want a function which echoes the first argument:
function test1() {
echo $1
}
I generate a list of possible completion options (some have…
geronimo
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pip install with shell completion
I am writing a command line tool in python and using pip to distribute it. I have written some scripts (one for bash and one for zsh) to allow the tool to have tab completion. Is there a way to get pip to install these scripts when someone does a…
Nick Humrich
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How to make bash tab-completion work like windows' cmd.exe?
Say I have a folder with files in it with names like this:
log_1.log
log_2.log
log_2.gz
And I want to perform some operation, let's say move, on log_2.gz.
In Windows cmd.exe, I am used to performing these steps:
Type move (and nothing else)…
Matt Faus
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Conditional trailing space with bash programmable completion
I'm creating a function to provide programmable completion for a command that I use (with much help from http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/317). The shell script usage is as follows:
script.sh command [command options]
where command can…
Ceri Morgan
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Bash completion - how to get rid of unneeded tab presses?
I use
cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
opts=`sqlite3 test.db "${QUERY[COMP_CWORD]}"`
SAVEIFS="$IFS"
IFS=$'\n'
COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -S"'" -P"'" -W "${opts}" $cur) )
IFS="$SAVEIFS"
to get possible variants from the database and complete them…
sknaumov
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Git bash-completion with filename support?
is there a bash-completion script that supports filename completion? I use mostly mercurial and there I can type:
hg diff test/test_
and it will show/complete all modified test files. It works for most subcommands, i.e. hg add will…
olt
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Command-line autocompletion for python -m module
Is it possible to get command-line autocompletion of python -m package.subpackage.module?
This is similar to, but not the same as, python ./package/subpackage/module.py, which does autocomplete the directory and file paths. However with -m, python…
Hatshepsut
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Git autocomplete for custom bash functions
In my .bash_profile, I have a lot of functional shortcuts for git. For example:
function gitpull() {
branch="$1"
if [[ -z $branch ]]; then
current_branch=`git symbolic-ref -q --short HEAD`
git pull origin $current_branch;
…
Nxt3
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Bash will not auto-complete (Tab) with files
Auto-completion in bash (with Tab) works on folders, but not with files.
I'm running Ubuntu 13.10
I haven't touched my .bashrc file
This is how the bottom part of the .bashrc file looks, with the bash-completion part installed and updated:
#…
Finn
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Git completion and PS1 not working: "__git_ps1: command not found" on "sudo -s" or "sudo su" on Ubuntu 12.04
I installed git and git-flow completion adding these line to .bashrc of root and a normal_user on a Ubuntu 12.04 machine:
source /etc/git-completion.bash
source…
Chris Cinelli
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Unexpected bash directory listing with *
I have a issue with case sensitive directory listing in my bash. for example
$ touch nohupa nohuPb
$ ls nohup*
nohupa nohuPb
However I do expect it only list nohupa not nohuPb. because nohuPb has capital P.
I don't know what variable…
ARH
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Installing data_files in setup.py with pip install -e
I'm trying to provide a bash completion script for my CLI tool that is written in Python. According to the Python Packaging Authority, data_files in setup.py is exactly what I need:
Although configuring package_data is sufficient for most needs, in…
Bastian Venthur
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How to cache a variable used inside a Bash Completion Script for the current session
Inside my Bash Completion file, i'm looking up completion-strings by an external script, which takes some time (1-2 seconds). Since these strings mostly stay the same for the rest of the time the current shell runs, i want to cache them and when the…
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Human friendly bash auto-completion with sudo
My system is Manjaro Linux based on Arch Linux, I use bash and bash-completion.
It works perfectly when I type something as regular user (no sudo)
$ rfkill
block event help list unblock
but when I type it with sudo
$ sudo…
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