bash : simplify autocomplete.

This commit is contained in:
Dmitry Voronin 2023-10-23 02:27:45 +03:00
parent 53b143674f
commit 52c3c0b5e7

View file

@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
# bash autocomplete. # bash autocomplete.
# usage: complete -F _foo foo # usage: _foo () { autocomplete "{foo,bar}" } ; complete -F _foo foo
# there are also options like -o nospace. see man for more info. # there are also options like -o nospace. see man for more info.
# from man: The shell function function is executed in the current shell environment. When the function is executed, the first argument ($1) is the name of the command whose arguments are being completed, the second argument ($2) is the word being completed, and the third argument ($3) is the word preceding the word being completed on the current command line. When it finishes, the possible completions are retrieved from the value of the COMPREPLY array variable.
autocomplete() autocomplete()
{ {
local commands="$@" COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${@}") )
local cur prev
COMPREPLY=()
cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${commands}" -- ${cur}) )
return 0
} }