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Re: 'complete' not working as documented
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: 'complete' not working as documented |
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Sat, 11 Aug 2018 11:25:06 -0400 |
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On 8/11/18 1:14 AM, Hugo Gabriel Eyherabide wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.4
> Patch Level: 18
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> Bash manual says 'complete ... -D ... name' should be correct, whatever
> between -D and name applying to the completion on a command for which
> completion has not been previously defined.
No. In the description, `remaining' means `the options and option arguments
besides -D'.
> and
>
> $ complete -p aabbname
>
> shows nothing, indicating that the completion for aabbname has never been
> defined.
Yes. Any additional command name arguments supplied with -D are not used.
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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/