BashAutocomplete

Bash auto-complete file generation

• [Bash auto-complete file generation](#Bash auto-complete file generation)
  • Usage
    • [Generating the completion functions file](#Generating the completion functions file)
  • [Supported features](#Supported features)

Usage

Generating the completion functions file

Using xsltproc

#!bash
xsltproc -o program-autocomplete.sh ${NSXML_PATH}/ns/xsl/program/${SCHEMA_VERSION}/c-gengetopt.xsl program.xml 

Where program.xml is the program interface XML definition file.

Parameters

`prg.bash.completion.programFileExtension`: Specify the program extension (with the dot). If the program was generated with the name `my_program.sh`, the `prg.bash.completion.programFileExtension` parameter have to be set to `.sh`. The default value is "" (no extension)

Supported features

• Option names
• Sub command names
• Argument value restrictions
  • Restricted values
  • file system type (file, folder, link)
  • file patterns
  • number type
  • existing commands
  • hostnames

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The program interface definition framework