[kwlug-disc] Bash Autocompletion (Nov 2022)

John Steel john at jskw.ca
Tue Nov 15 14:31:11 EST 2022


I've seen some awesome autocomplete scripts that automatically add quotes for you, but I forget what did that. I'll see if I can find a good example. 

On Mon, Nov 14, 2022, at 4:30 PM, Ronald Barnes wrote:
> Paul Nijjar via kwlug-announce wrote on 2022-11-05 00:11:
> 
> > Our second presentation this month will feature a deep dive into
> > autocompletion in the Bash shell. John Steel will show us how
> > autocompletion works, and some ways to set up autocompletions for your
> > own programs.
> 
> John's presentation has sent me down a rabbit hole of frustration (aka 
> Bash scripting), and I think I've made progress.
> 
> 
> If you're reading this, John, I might be able to contribute on the topic 
> of auto-completion with space-embedded options.
> 
> 
> If you're interested in discussing, lemme know.
> 
> 
> Meanwhile, if anyone knows of some bash scripts that could use an 
> auto-completion script, I may be interested in taking it on.
> 
> 
> I've done balooctl (which I don't even use), and am considering "php 
> occ[tab]..." for NextCloud.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> rb
> 
> 
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