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How can I get bash completions?

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Mar 15, 2026496 views
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Is there a nice way to print (e.g. to stdout) a list of all possible completions of a command in bash (the ones it would give me if I typed the command, then pressed tab)? Edit: I guess this wasn't really clear, now that I read it again. I know how to get completions manually. I want to do it progr…

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Press TAB twice. Most BASH-like shells will list all matching auto-completion options for a given substring. e.g. pressing TAB twice on this command will list both and

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