Documentation on bash completion
I've been unable to find complete documentation for the complete and compgen bash builtin commands. I'm on a Macintosh and help complete produces
complete: complete [-abcdefgjksuv] [-pr] [-o option] [-A action] [-G globpat] [-W wordlist] [-P prefix] [-S suffix] [-X filterpat] [-F function] [-C command] [name ...]
with no documentation for the [-abcdefgjksuv] options. The gnu man page is also silent about these options.
bash autocomplete shell-builtin
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I've been unable to find complete documentation for the complete and compgen bash builtin commands. I'm on a Macintosh and help complete produces
complete: complete [-abcdefgjksuv] [-pr] [-o option] [-A action] [-G globpat] [-W wordlist] [-P prefix] [-S suffix] [-X filterpat] [-F function] [-C command] [name ...]
with no documentation for the [-abcdefgjksuv] options. The gnu man page is also silent about these options.
bash autocomplete shell-builtin
asked Feb 24 at 18:46
LeonardLeonard
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I've been unable to find complete documentation for the complete and compgen bash builtin commands. I'm on a Macintosh and help complete produces
complete: complete [-abcdefgjksuv] [-pr] [-o option] [-A action] [-G globpat] [-W wordlist] [-P prefix] [-S suffix] [-X filterpat] [-F function] [-C command] [name ...]
with no documentation for the [-abcdefgjksuv] options. The gnu man page is also silent about these options.
bash autocomplete shell-builtin
asked Feb 24 at 18:46
LeonardLeonard
1084
I've been unable to find complete documentation for the complete and compgen bash builtin commands. I'm on a Macintosh and help complete produces
complete: complete [-abcdefgjksuv] [-pr] [-o option] [-A action] [-G globpat] [-W wordlist] [-P prefix] [-S suffix] [-X filterpat] [-F function] [-C command] [name ...]
with no documentation for the [-abcdefgjksuv] options. The gnu man page is also silent about these options.
bash autocomplete shell-builtin
bash autocomplete shell-builtin
asked Feb 24 at 18:46
LeonardLeonard
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asked Feb 24 at 18:46
LeonardLeonard
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asked Feb 24 at 18:46
LeonardLeonard
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asked Feb 24 at 18:46
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You're right, it doesn't explicitly list those. They seem all to be short forms for various arguments to the -A action option:
-A action
The action may be one of the following to generate a list of possible completions:
alias Alias names. May also be specified as
-a.
builtin Names of shell builtin commands. May also be specified as
-b.
and so on.
answered Feb 24 at 18:51
ilkkachuilkkachu
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D'oh! I didn't read carefully. Thx.
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You're right, it doesn't explicitly list those. They seem all to be short forms for various arguments to the -A action option:
-A action
The action may be one of the following to generate a list of possible completions:
alias Alias names. May also be specified as
-a.
builtin Names of shell builtin commands. May also be specified as
-b.
and so on.
answered Feb 24 at 18:51
ilkkachuilkkachu
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D'oh! I didn't read carefully. Thx.
– Leonard
Feb 24 at 19:11
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You're right, it doesn't explicitly list those. They seem all to be short forms for various arguments to the -A action option:
-A action
The action may be one of the following to generate a list of possible completions:
alias Alias names. May also be specified as
-a.
builtin Names of shell builtin commands. May also be specified as
-b.
and so on.
answered Feb 24 at 18:51
ilkkachuilkkachu
61.5k10100177
D'oh! I didn't read carefully. Thx.
– Leonard
Feb 24 at 19:11
add a comment |
You're right, it doesn't explicitly list those. They seem all to be short forms for various arguments to the -A action option:
-A action
The action may be one of the following to generate a list of possible completions:
alias Alias names. May also be specified as
-a.
builtin Names of shell builtin commands. May also be specified as
-b.
and so on.
answered Feb 24 at 18:51
ilkkachuilkkachu
61.5k10100177
You're right, it doesn't explicitly list those. They seem all to be short forms for various arguments to the -A action option:
-A action
The action may be one of the following to generate a list of possible completions:
alias Alias names. May also be specified as
-a.
builtin Names of shell builtin commands. May also be specified as
-b.
and so on.
answered Feb 24 at 18:51
ilkkachuilkkachu
61.5k10100177
answered Feb 24 at 18:51
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answered Feb 24 at 18:51
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answered Feb 24 at 18:51
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D'oh! I didn't read carefully. Thx.
– Leonard
Feb 24 at 19:11
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D'oh! I didn't read carefully. Thx.
– Leonard
Feb 24 at 19:11
D'oh! I didn't read carefully. Thx.
– Leonard
Feb 24 at 19:11
D'oh! I didn't read carefully. Thx.
– Leonard
Feb 24 at 19:11
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