https://github.com/jonasbn/bash_completion_cpanm
Basic bash completion for cpanm
https://github.com/jonasbn/bash_completion_cpanm
bash bash-completion cpanm cpanminus
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Basic bash completion for cpanm
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jonasbn/bash_completion_cpanm
- Owner: jonasbn
- License: mit
- Created: 2017-07-02T18:41:17.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2018-02-10T13:31:40.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-15T05:27:19.222Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: bash, bash-completion, cpanm, cpanminus
- Language: Shell
- Size: 6.84 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# CPANMinus Bash Completion
Basic tab completion for [cpanm](https://github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus).
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# Introduction
This is a basic completion implementation for `cpanm` (App::cpanminus) based on version 1.7043.
## Usage
```
$ cpanm --
```
## Download
```bash
$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jonasbn/bash_completion_cpanm/master/cpanm > cpanm
```
## Installation
Where your completions are located might vary.
### Personal
If you want to install them for your personal use, do the following.
Create the file: `~/.bash_completion`, containing the code below:
```bash
for bcfile in ~/.bash_completion.d/* ; do
. $bcfile
done
```
Ref: [ServerFault.com: _Standard place for user defined bash_completion.d scripts?_](https://serverfault.com/questions/506612/standard-place-for-user-defined-bash-completion-d-scripts)
Create a directiory for your completions:
```bash
$ mkdir ~/.bash_completion.d
```
Copy your completions into the newly created directory:
```bash
$ cp cpanm ~/.bash_completion.d/
```
Start a new shell and you should be good to go.
### System-wide example from Debian
Based on [an introduction](https://debian-administration.org/article/316/An_introduction_to_bash_completion_part_1) to `bash` completions on Debian.
```bash
$ sudo cp cpanm /etc/bash_completion.d/
```
### System-wide example from OSX
This assumes you are using **Homebrew**
Do note that paths vary based on whether you are using `bash` 3 or 4
#### `bash` 3 (Formula: `bash-completions`):
```bash
$ cp cpanm /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/
```
And to activate right away:
```bash
$ source /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/cpanm
```
#### `bash` 4 (Formula: `bash-completions2`)
```bash
$ cp cpanm /usr/local/share/bash-completion/completions/
```
And to activate right away:
```bash
$ source /usr/local/share/bash-completion/completions/cpanm
```
## Motivation
`cpanm` is an important tool in my toolchain, so I wanted to have easy access to all the options available.
The programmatic capabilities of `bash` are truly powerful and useful and can be put to good use in use-cases like this.
## See Also
A more elaborate piece of documentation on `bash` completions is available from **The Linux Documentation Project** in the [Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide](http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/tabexpansion.html).
From the [GNU Documentation](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Programmable-Completion.html).
Good two-part article, "An Introduction to Bash Completion": [Part 1](https://debian-administration.org/article/316/An_introduction_to_bash_completion_part_1) and [Part 2](https://debian-administration.org/article/317/An_introduction_to_bash_completion_part_2).
Please note that this experimental implementation has only been tested with `bash` version 3.
The most comprehensive collection of `bash` completions I have come across is [the one](https://github.com/scop/bash-completion) from the **Debian Linux distribution**. It is also the one offered for OSX via **Homebrew**.
## License
This is made available under the MIT license, see separate license file.
## Copyright
:copyright: jonasbn 2017