How to write code to autocomplete words and sentences?
I’d like to write code that does autocompletion in the Linux terminal. The code should work as follows.
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Partial matching GAE search API
Using the GAE search API is it possible to search for a partial match?
How to output string completions to stdout?
Some of the git commands have many options, and it would often be useful to search through them for the one I need – I was just looking for the option which controls the TAB width in git-gui, but there are about 200 completions for git config. An obvious workaround is to copy all the completions into an editor and search through them, but I’d rather do
Autocomplete server names for SSH and SCP
I have a few servers configured in ~/.ssh/config, such as alpha and beta. How might I configure Bash such that the commands $ ssh alTab and $ scp file.tgz alTab autocomplete the names of the configured servers?
Command-line completion from command history
So, I’ve looked at history and at Ctrl+R, but they are not what I thought I knew.
Is there a way that I can type in the beginning of a command, and cycle through the matches in my history with some bash shortcut?
How to debug and fix slow autocomplete in bash?
After a recent update (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS), TAB complete on the command line is slow. After entering a partial command (e.g evi [TAB]) or partial filename (e.g. evince somedocu[TAB]) the shell, sometimes though not always, hangs for several seconds.
Dynamic zsh autocomplete for custom commands
I’m trying to write completion functions for some custom functions I wrote, but seem to be really struggling with even the most basic ones.
How to implement package install suggestion on Debian?
I have noticed that while on Ubuntu, if I type the following:
How to pipe the list of commands displayed by of “tab complete”?
When using commands in bash I like the double tab option to display the available commands. Some commands have more possible matches than others:
Is it possible for bash completion to cycle through the alternatives?
When using bash completion and an a number of characters have been entered, tabbing ceases to work when the prefix you have typed is matched by more than one of the possibilities.