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HOWTO: autocompletion in a bash function/alias
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# I have a function called as shocker which 'sh-es' into a docker container | |
# to enable autocompletion in the command, I do the following | |
# `complete -F __docker_complete_container_names shocker` | |
# __docker_complete_container_names is a function available in /etc/bash_completion.d/docker | |
# the above file is available at https://docs.docker.com/machine/completion/ | |
# the __docker_complete_container_names function does something like the following | |
# COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "(list of containers)" -- "$cur") ) | |
# documentaton : http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/tabexpansion.html | |
# WHERE : $cur is the current value of the cursor that should be autocompleted | |
# | |
# To check the function already available on your terminal, run the command | |
# `typeset -F` - i'd grep it with what i want | |
# `typeset -F | grep -i git` | |
# NOTE : These are all functions available, all of they may not be for autocompletion | |
# For git: check https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | |
# | |
# docker exec sh on the application | |
# | |
# complete adds autocompletion | |
# expects docker available in /etc/bash_completion.d | |
# https://docs.docker.com/machine/completion/ | |
complete -F __docker_complete_container_names shocker | |
shocker() { | |
docker exec -it $1 sh | |
} |
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