Re: Modifying completion of read(1builtin)

[Douglas Lewan]

On 28/03/2023 15:49, Dennis Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023, 2:43 PM Douglas Lewan <d.lewan2000@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi, all,
>
>     I have a list of about 30 strings that are appropriate for a certain
>     instance of read(1builtin).
>
>     How can I set up completion for read to include them? It looks
>     like some
>     combination of compgen() and complete() would be right, but I haven't
>     been able to find it. Can anyone help?
>
>     It also looks like any such modification would apply to all
>     instances of
>     read. Can it be restricted to that one instance? Can it be
>     restricted to
>     exactly those values?
>
>     Thanks.
>
>     -- 
>     ,Doug
>
>     Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially
>     denied. - Otto von Bismarck
>
>
> You're executing read from the command line?
Yes.

--
,Doug

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. - Otto 
von Bismarck