bug-bash
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Command completion within command substitution


From: stijnvandongen
Subject: Command completion within command substitution
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:35:32 -0700 (PDT)
User-agent: G2/1.0

(previously posted on comp.unix.shell, to no avail. I hope the
question is clear)

I have a function called 'a' that has command completion associated
with it. This works. I would like it to complete as well within
command substitution, so that 'prompt> cp zut $(a foob<TAB>)' will
complete to foobar in the same way as 'prompt> a foob<TAB>' completes
to foobar. So far I have no luck in researching this, possibly because
the search terms I can think of (basically the subject) are not very
specific within bash's universe of completion and substitution
wonderfulnes. I've noted that completion works for regular commands
such as ls within command substitution. Is what I want possible, and
if so how?

Stijn


reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]