NAME

App::shcompgen - Generate shell completion scripts

VERSION

This document describes version 0.320 of App::shcompgen (from Perl distribution App-shcompgen), released on 2017-08-10.

FUNCTIONS

detect_prog

Usage:

 detect_prog(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Detect a program.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• prog* => str

• shell => str

  Override guessing and select shell manually.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

generate

Usage:

 generate(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Generate shell completion scripts for detectable programs.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• bash_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/etc/bash/completions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• bash_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• fish_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/etc/fish/completions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• fish_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• global => bool

  Use global completions directory.

  Shell has global (system-wide) completions directory as well as per-user. For example, in fish the global directory is by default /etc/fish/completions and the per-user directory is ~/.config/fish/completions.

  By default, if running as root, the global is chosen. And if running as normal user, per-user directory is chosen. Using --global or --per-user overrides that and manually select which.

• helper_global_dir => str (default: "/etc/shcompgen/helpers")

  Directory to put helper scripts.

• helper_per_user_dir => str

  Directory to put helper scripts.

• per_option => bool

  Create per-option completion script if possible.

  If set to true, then attempt to create completion script that register each option. This creates nicer completion in some shells, e.g. fish and zsh. For example, option description can be shown.

  This is possible for only some types of scripts, e.g. Perinci::CmdLine- (that does not have subcommands) or Getopt::Long::Descriptive-based ones.

• prog => array[str]

  Program(s) to generate completion for.

  Can contain path (e.g. ../foo) or a plain word (foo) in which case will be searched from PATH.

• remove => bool

  Remove completion for script that (now) is not detected to have completion.

  The default behavior is to simply ignore existing completion script if the program is not detected to have completion. When the remove setting is enabled, however, such existing completion script will be removed.

• replace => bool

  Replace existing script.

  The default behavior is to skip if an existing completion script exists.

• shell => str

  Override guessing and select shell manually.

• stdout => bool

  Output completion script to STDOUT.

• tcsh_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/etc/tcsh/completions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• tcsh_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• zsh_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• zsh_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

guess_shell

Usage:

 guess_shell() -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Guess running shell.

This function is not exported.

No arguments.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

init

Usage:

 init(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Initialize shcompgen.

This subcommand creates the completion directories and initialization shell script, as well as run generate.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• bash_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/etc/bash/completions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• bash_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• fish_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/etc/fish/completions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• fish_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• global => bool

  Use global completions directory.

  Shell has global (system-wide) completions directory as well as per-user. For example, in fish the global directory is by default /etc/fish/completions and the per-user directory is ~/.config/fish/completions.

  By default, if running as root, the global is chosen. And if running as normal user, per-user directory is chosen. Using --global or --per-user overrides that and manually select which.

• helper_global_dir => str (default: "/etc/shcompgen/helpers")

  Directory to put helper scripts.

• helper_per_user_dir => str

  Directory to put helper scripts.

• per_option => bool

  Create per-option completion script if possible.

  If set to true, then attempt to create completion script that register each option. This creates nicer completion in some shells, e.g. fish and zsh. For example, option description can be shown.

  This is possible for only some types of scripts, e.g. Perinci::CmdLine- (that does not have subcommands) or Getopt::Long::Descriptive-based ones.

• shell => str

  Override guessing and select shell manually.

• tcsh_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/etc/tcsh/completions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• tcsh_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• zsh_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• zsh_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

list

Usage:

 list(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

List all shell completion scripts generated by this script.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• bash_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/etc/bash/completions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• bash_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• detail => bool

• fish_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/etc/fish/completions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• fish_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• global => bool

  Use global completions directory.

  Shell has global (system-wide) completions directory as well as per-user. For example, in fish the global directory is by default /etc/fish/completions and the per-user directory is ~/.config/fish/completions.

  By default, if running as root, the global is chosen. And if running as normal user, per-user directory is chosen. Using --global or --per-user overrides that and manually select which.

• helper_global_dir => str (default: "/etc/shcompgen/helpers")

  Directory to put helper scripts.

• helper_per_user_dir => str

  Directory to put helper scripts.

• per_option => bool

  Create per-option completion script if possible.

  If set to true, then attempt to create completion script that register each option. This creates nicer completion in some shells, e.g. fish and zsh. For example, option description can be shown.

  This is possible for only some types of scripts, e.g. Perinci::CmdLine- (that does not have subcommands) or Getopt::Long::Descriptive-based ones.

• shell => str

  Override guessing and select shell manually.

• tcsh_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/etc/tcsh/completions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• tcsh_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• zsh_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• zsh_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

remove

Usage:

 remove(%args) -> [status, msg, result, meta]

Remove shell completion scripts generated by this script.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• bash_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/etc/bash/completions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• bash_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• fish_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/etc/fish/completions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• fish_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• global => bool

  Use global completions directory.

  Shell has global (system-wide) completions directory as well as per-user. For example, in fish the global directory is by default /etc/fish/completions and the per-user directory is ~/.config/fish/completions.

  By default, if running as root, the global is chosen. And if running as normal user, per-user directory is chosen. Using --global or --per-user overrides that and manually select which.

• helper_global_dir => str (default: "/etc/shcompgen/helpers")

  Directory to put helper scripts.

• helper_per_user_dir => str

  Directory to put helper scripts.

• per_option => bool

  Create per-option completion script if possible.

  If set to true, then attempt to create completion script that register each option. This creates nicer completion in some shells, e.g. fish and zsh. For example, option description can be shown.

  This is possible for only some types of scripts, e.g. Perinci::CmdLine- (that does not have subcommands) or Getopt::Long::Descriptive-based ones.

• prog => array[str]

  Program(s) to remove completion script of.

  Can contain path (e.g. ../foo) or a plain word (foo) in which case will be searched from PATH.

• shell => str

  Override guessing and select shell manually.

• tcsh_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/etc/tcsh/completions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• tcsh_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• zsh_global_dir => array[str] (default: ["/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions"])

  Directory to put completions scripts.

• zsh_per_user_dir => array[str]

  Directory to put completions scripts.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (result) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-shcompgen.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-shcompgen.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-shcompgen

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm App::shcompgen

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install App::shcompgen