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Re: compgen -C not working as I expected
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: compgen -C not working as I expected |
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Mon, 12 May 2014 09:39:41 -0400 |
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On 5/10/14, 12:45 AM, Curious Costanza wrote:
> Hey Chet,
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> Thank you for your response. I don't suppose that you have a small example
> handy which demonstrates a useful application of compgen with the -C or -F
> options, do you? I guess I still have the same question as the commenter
> who responded to my StackExchange post; why are -C and -F defined against
> compgen at all?
I don't have an example, since its intent is to be able to use binaries or
scripts written in a different language to produce completions.
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