How to tell `complete` to fall-back to its default?
I'm using the complete bash-builtinin to enable arbitrary auto-completion for my python script. I set it up with:
complete -C './script.py --compgen "$@"' ./script.py
Such that whenever bash attempts to auto-complete it invokes my script with a flag --compgen that tells my script to do auto completion. This works fine.
However I want to be able to fall-back to bash's default behaviour in some situations from within script.py. Is there a way to tell complete that it should rerun without calling my script and do its default-thing instead?
Basically, I want to avoid re-implementing file-name expansion, when referring to a file.
python bash bash-completion complete
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I'm using the complete bash-builtinin to enable arbitrary auto-completion for my python script. I set it up with:
complete -C './script.py --compgen "$@"' ./script.py
Such that whenever bash attempts to auto-complete it invokes my script with a flag --compgen that tells my script to do auto completion. This works fine.
However I want to be able to fall-back to bash's default behaviour in some situations from within script.py. Is there a way to tell complete that it should rerun without calling my script and do its default-thing instead?
Basically, I want to avoid re-implementing file-name expansion, when referring to a file.
python bash bash-completion complete
asked Dec 27 '18 at 14:56
bitmask
16.5k1063122
2
Not sure I understand, but can't you just usecompgen -o defaultin your script?
– mickp
Dec 27 '18 at 15:16
I could if I had thought of that. Sometimes it's the super face-palmy solutions that you miss. Care to extend it to an answer? Not sure how to call a bash-builtin from python.
– bitmask
Dec 27 '18 at 15:19
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I'm using the complete bash-builtinin to enable arbitrary auto-completion for my python script. I set it up with:
complete -C './script.py --compgen "$@"' ./script.py
Such that whenever bash attempts to auto-complete it invokes my script with a flag --compgen that tells my script to do auto completion. This works fine.
However I want to be able to fall-back to bash's default behaviour in some situations from within script.py. Is there a way to tell complete that it should rerun without calling my script and do its default-thing instead?
Basically, I want to avoid re-implementing file-name expansion, when referring to a file.
python bash bash-completion complete
asked Dec 27 '18 at 14:56
bitmask
16.5k1063122
I'm using the complete bash-builtinin to enable arbitrary auto-completion for my python script. I set it up with:
complete -C './script.py --compgen "$@"' ./script.py
Such that whenever bash attempts to auto-complete it invokes my script with a flag --compgen that tells my script to do auto completion. This works fine.
However I want to be able to fall-back to bash's default behaviour in some situations from within script.py. Is there a way to tell complete that it should rerun without calling my script and do its default-thing instead?
Basically, I want to avoid re-implementing file-name expansion, when referring to a file.
python bash bash-completion complete
python bash bash-completion complete
asked Dec 27 '18 at 14:56
bitmask
16.5k1063122
asked Dec 27 '18 at 14:56
bitmask
16.5k1063122
edited Dec 27 '18 at 15:18
asked Dec 27 '18 at 14:56
bitmask
16.5k1063122
asked Dec 27 '18 at 14:56
bitmask
16.5k1063122
asked Dec 27 '18 at 14:56
bitmask
16.5k1063122
16.5k1063122
2
Not sure I understand, but can't you just usecompgen -o defaultin your script?
– mickp
Dec 27 '18 at 15:16
I could if I had thought of that. Sometimes it's the super face-palmy solutions that you miss. Care to extend it to an answer? Not sure how to call a bash-builtin from python.
– bitmask
Dec 27 '18 at 15:19
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2
Not sure I understand, but can't you just usecompgen -o defaultin your script?
– mickp
Dec 27 '18 at 15:16
I could if I had thought of that. Sometimes it's the super face-palmy solutions that you miss. Care to extend it to an answer? Not sure how to call a bash-builtin from python.
– bitmask
Dec 27 '18 at 15:19
2
2
Not sure I understand, but can't you just use
compgen -o default in your script?– mickp
Dec 27 '18 at 15:16
Not sure I understand, but can't you just use
compgen -o default in your script?– mickp
Dec 27 '18 at 15:16
I could if I had thought of that. Sometimes it's the super face-palmy solutions that you miss. Care to extend it to an answer? Not sure how to call a bash-builtin from python.
– bitmask
Dec 27 '18 at 15:19
I could if I had thought of that. Sometimes it's the super face-palmy solutions that you miss. Care to extend it to an answer? Not sure how to call a bash-builtin from python.
– bitmask
Dec 27 '18 at 15:19
add a comment |
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Try this in your Python code:
import os
# if failed:
os.system("bash -c 'compgen -o default'")
answered Dec 27 '18 at 15:26
iBug
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One can even append the partial argument being examined afterdefault. Exactly what I was looking for.
– bitmask
Dec 27 '18 at 15:34
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Try this in your Python code:
import os
# if failed:
os.system("bash -c 'compgen -o default'")
answered Dec 27 '18 at 15:26
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One can even append the partial argument being examined afterdefault. Exactly what I was looking for.
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Dec 27 '18 at 15:34
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Try this in your Python code:
import os
# if failed:
os.system("bash -c 'compgen -o default'")
answered Dec 27 '18 at 15:26
iBug
18.6k53361
One can even append the partial argument being examined afterdefault. Exactly what I was looking for.
– bitmask
Dec 27 '18 at 15:34
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Try this in your Python code:
import os
# if failed:
os.system("bash -c 'compgen -o default'")
answered Dec 27 '18 at 15:26
iBug
18.6k53361
Try this in your Python code:
import os
# if failed:
os.system("bash -c 'compgen -o default'")
answered Dec 27 '18 at 15:26
iBug
18.6k53361
answered Dec 27 '18 at 15:26
iBug
18.6k53361
answered Dec 27 '18 at 15:26
iBug
18.6k53361
answered Dec 27 '18 at 15:26
iBug
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18.6k53361
One can even append the partial argument being examined afterdefault. Exactly what I was looking for.
– bitmask
Dec 27 '18 at 15:34
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One can even append the partial argument being examined afterdefault. Exactly what I was looking for.
– bitmask
Dec 27 '18 at 15:34
One can even append the partial argument being examined after
default. Exactly what I was looking for.– bitmask
Dec 27 '18 at 15:34
One can even append the partial argument being examined after
default. Exactly what I was looking for.– bitmask
Dec 27 '18 at 15:34
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Not sure I understand, but can't you just use
compgen -o defaultin your script?– mickp
Dec 27 '18 at 15:16
I could if I had thought of that. Sometimes it's the super face-palmy solutions that you miss. Care to extend it to an answer? Not sure how to call a bash-builtin from python.
– bitmask
Dec 27 '18 at 15:19