Hi Don, the creation of the missing file.list and the naming of the variable section_task3 was just for this sharing, as that file.list was created by the application, not by the bash completion.
Should have placed it outside the function, sorry.
Naming it 3 was a typo, should have been 2, which was corrected while you wrote.
The OPTS (-a -b) are just used as metapher for all the options there are, but its right, should have shorten it to '-c' only, for easier seperation.
Anyhow, the issue is, i want to morph the list of that file (abc def ghi ...) so that each entry of that list starts with letter 'b', as in babc, bdef bghi.
To be honest, i barley understood any of your question that were bash-completion specific, i just copied and modified the file, and played around trying to match/fit my needs.
As:
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Originally Posted by Don Cragun
It is hard to comment when we don't know what the complete or compgen commands look like and we don't know how COMP_CWORD and the COMP_CWORDS array
Saying: I 'know' it works the way it is, but i dont know why or how exactly...
I thought prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}" is an integrated expression, similar to vars="${@[${#@}-1]}"
So i've adapted your suggestion, and, at least its not using 'b' as a single letter anymore.
When i try to print the content of section_task2, i get this:
With this code on top:
Seems section_task2 is empty?
A final word about the use of array while its declared (set) as variable, have a look at the git bash completion, i copied from there.
I'm not saying its a temporary solution, but its working as is. -> never change a running system you dont fully understand
Yet i have/want to change this behaviour for better user support.
I really like tcsh's:
set completion='enhanced'
because it treats underscores and dash signs the same. I don't have to reach for the shift key when trying to complete files that have underscores. As far as I know, there is nothing like this in bash.
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completion-ignore-case option doesn't work in my version:
/home/user $ echo $BASH_VERSION
3.2.48(1)-release
/home/user $ ls -l *
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 2009-10-18 00:09 somefile
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 2009-10-18 00:09 Somefile
/home/user $ set completion-ignore-case on
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hello,
I have been trying for a couple days to figure this out to no avail. I am converting some csh code to bash. I have converted everything except the completion code.
#bashrc (I set this alias in my bashrc)
alias test='source ${PATH}/test.sh'
#${PATH}/test.sh (returns some aliases and... (0 Replies)
Hello,
Bash completion is great, but there are some features I'd like to change. One thing is the behaviour when there are lots of very similar possibilities.
E.g., my directory contains 133 files, from pubmed_result1.txt to pubmed_result133.txt
$ ls Lyonprim/p
Display all 133... (2 Replies)
Hi there!
I have this script which handles bookmarks. Bookmarks are basically a string that point to a certain path, e.g., project -> ~/code/projects/project.
Currently I have working completion for the bookmarks:
~ $ m p<Tab>
~ $ m project
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Hi,
I'm having a problem with tab completion at the bash command line. For some reason, whenever I type g<tab>, the terminal will freeze up for 5-10 seconds before asking me if I want to display all 325 possibilities. I thought that maybe it's because of the high number of commands, but I have... (4 Replies)
Hello
I want use bash_completion on a script but the information on the internet give me not a solution.
The scrip start with "cd" to a direction
Than the script do "ls"
Than I must give a name of a sub-direction and here I want to use <TAB>, so when I have a direction with the name
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Hello
I've followed several bash-completion threads, usualy none were answered, because of obvious reasons. (of which i'm just aware since a day or a few)
Non-the-less, because i was writing scripts, i never considered it to be possible to add this functionality.
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Heyas
For my project TUI i had prepared bash completion.
Bash-completion works, at least if i source that file manualy.
However, when i'm installing it, it wont apply, not even for new opened terminals.
Allthough i had it working once, i dont get why it doesnt work now.
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