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Re: Any meaningful examples of using "complete -E"?
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Any meaningful examples of using "complete -E"? |
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Tue, 22 Aug 2023 09:09:30 -0400 |
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On 8/22/23 6:53 AM, Clark Wang wrote:
Command name completion on an empty line.
Like
$ complete -E -W foo
? Then it can only support one single command.
What does that mean? You can supply a list of words.
I guess this is not worth a
dedicated -E option. Any other practical use case?
To filter out unwanted command completions, or restrict command completions
to a specific type, or use any of the other options available with
`complete'. Why does it matter? If you don't see a need for it, don't
use it.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/