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complete

Provides argument autocompletion to shell commands. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Programmable-Completion-Builtins.html.

  • Apply a function that performs autocompletion to a command:

complete -F {{function}} {{command}}

  • Apply a command that performs autocompletion to another command:

complete -C {{autocomplete_command}} {{command}}

  • Apply autocompletion without appending a space to the completed word:

complete -o nospace -F {{function}} {{command}}