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I currently have a Bash completion file which completes a single parameter from a list of allowed commands for a script (called "pbt"). This is the working Bash Completion file:
_pbt_complete() { local cur goals COMPREPLY=() cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]} goals='asadmin clean deploy' cur=`echo $cur` COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "${goals}" ${cur})) } complete -F _pbt_complete pbt So if i call
pbt <tab> Bash completes to all allowed commands (asadmin, clean, deploy), which is okay.
Now i want to add a "second" level to the completion. So for example if i type
pbt asadmin <tab> it should complete all options that are only available inside the asadmin-"environment" (which i'll also define inside the bash completion file), say for example pbt asadmin [start-domain|stop-domain] But if i type
pbt deploy <tab> it should complete to another set of options, for example pbt deploy [all|current]. So the options for the second command should always depend on the first command. How can i do that in the completion file?
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Bash completion is a bash function that allows you to auto complete commands or arguments by typing partially commands or arguments, then pressing the [Tab] key. This will help you when writing the bash command in terminal.
What is Bash completion? Bash completion is a functionality through which Bash helps users type their commands more quickly and easily. It does this by presenting possible options when users press the Tab key while typing a command.
The 'kubectl completion bash' command enables the auto-completion of the kubectl script. Sourcing the completion script, you need to install bash completion first. Here is the output of the above command: However, before you install the bash completion, check whether your server already has it or not.
Command auto-completion is available when using the CLI shell. You can set up CLI command auto-completion in your operating system using the kollacli command command. This command generates a script you can save to the operating system. Copy and paste the output to a file, for example a file named /etc/bash_completion.
Thanks to mkb's comment i looked into the p4-example, which was - unlike the Git example ;) - simple enough for me to adapt it to my case. Here is the working version which does exactly what i asked for:
have pbt && _pbt_complete() { local cur prev COMPREPLY=() cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]} prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]} if [ $COMP_CWORD -eq 1 ]; then COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "asadmin deploy" -- $cur) ) elif [ $COMP_CWORD -eq 2 ]; then case "$prev" in "asadmin") COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "start-domain stop-domain" -- $cur) ) ;; "deploy") COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "all current" -- $cur) ) ;; *) ;; esac fi return 0 } && complete -F _pbt_complete pbt If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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