Re: COMPREPLY scope

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/17/13 5:50 PM, Mario Signorino wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I need some help and possibly also an advice.
> 
> Is it possible to retrieve the COMPREPLY variable outside and/or after 
> calling the complete function? 

No.  The programmable completion code unsets COMPREPLY after the shell
function completes.  You might have some luck experimenting with the
default completion feature (complete -D), but you'll have to do all the
dispatching yourself.

Chet
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