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Re: Any meaningful examples of using "complete -E"?
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Clark Wang |
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Re: Any meaningful examples of using "complete -E"? |
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Tue, 22 Aug 2023 18:53:06 +0800 |
On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 9:39 PM Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
> On 8/21/23 8:20 AM, Clark Wang wrote:
> > According to the doc "complete -E" is used for "completion attempted on a
> > blank line" but right after you input any char the line is not blank any
> > more. I cannot think of a meaningful way of using it. Any examples?
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> Command name completion on an empty line.
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Like
$ complete -E -W foo
? Then it can only support one single command. I guess this is not worth a
dedicated -E option. Any other practical use case?
-clark