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bash command completion based on lines in a file
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| _list_from_file() | |
| { | |
| local curr_arg; | |
| curr_arg=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]} | |
| filelines=$(cat /some/file) | |
| COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "$filelines" -- $curr_arg) ); | |
| } | |
| complete -F _list_from_file somecommand |
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