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Re: Why complete doesn't print anything if it is called in a bash script
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: Why complete doesn't print anything if it is called in a bash script? |
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Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:18:11 -0500 |
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On 11/12/11 10:41 AM, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
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> It is strange to me why complete doesn't print anything when it is
> called in a bash script. I must have misunderstood some fundamentals.
> Does anybody know why? Thanks!
Since complete happily shows completions when run from a shell script,
there must be code in your bashrc that prevents them from being
defined if the shell is not interactive.
Chet
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