complete-alias

programmable completion function for shell aliases;

this project provides a tool which completes shell aliases automagically:

• it works with all commonly used aliases (including self-aliases);

• it uses a single function to complete all these aliases;

• it completes aliases as you type it and press <tab>;

install

1. install bash-completion, which is a dependency of this project;

   bash-completion is available in repositories of many linux distributions;

2. append bash_completion.sh to ~/.bash_completion:

   cat bash_completion.sh >> ~/.bash_completion
   

usage

1. add completion functions for your own shell aliases in ~/.bash_completion:

   for example, to complete alias foo, add a line:

   complete -F _complete_alias foo
   

2. to complete an alias, type it and press <tab>;

example

to complete alias sctl, which is aliased to systemctl:

# alias sctl='systemctl'
# echo 'complete -F _complete_alias sctl' >> ~/.bash_completion
# sctl <tab>
add-requires
add-wants
cancel
cat
condreload
...

compat

• this project is expected to work with gnu bash on linux;

• support for other shells is not yet implemented;

• support for macos and other operating systems is experimental;

license

The source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Cyker Way

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.