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Get and set argument autocompletion rules of shell commands in Bash. The specified completions will be invoked when `<Tab>` is pressed in Bash. See also: `compgen`, `compopt`.

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Examples (6)

Set arguments of a command to autocomplete through a function (completion response is sent in `$COMPREPLY` variable)

complete -F function command

Set arguments of a command to autocomplete through another command (`$1` is the command, `$2` is the argument the cursor is on, and `$3` is the argument preceding the cursor)

complete -C autocomplete_command command

Set arguments of a command to autocomplete to shell builtins

complete -b command

Apply autocompletion without appending a space to the completed word

complete -o nospace -F function command

List all loaded complete specifications

complete -p

List loaded complete specifications for a command

complete -p command

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