I'm trying to write a bash script that autocompletes folder names from a certain folder. This is what I have so far:
function go {
cd "/path/to/folder/$@"
}
The goal is to have the function autocomplete, so typing go pro and pressing tab would autocomplete to a file or folder, for example /path/to/folder/project/
Using complete you can achive what you want:
Add to your .bashrc:
if [[ -f /path/to/your/script ]]; then
. /path/to/your/script
fi
Then run, from your home directory:
. .bashrc
Create the script /path/to/your/script, make it executable chmod +x /path/to/your/script. Put this content:
#!/bin/bash
# check that the function doesn't already exist
[[ ! -z "$(compgen -c | grep "^go$")" ]] \
&& echo "The command 'go' already exists." \
&& exit
go() {
cd /your/dir/"$1"
}
cd_my_dir() {
cd /your/dir
}
complete -d -F cd_my_dir go
Type go and press Tab twice
go <Tab> <Tab>
A list of possible directories will appear:
foo/
bar/
Start to type the beginning of a name, it will auto-complete:
go f <Tab> → go foo/
go project go p <Tab> (nothing) <Tab> project/ ideally, it would always use a single tab to autocomplete folder names, even when inside the target directory
.bashrc, I'm not sure it would be a problem. But I prefer, to have things clean and controlled, to put my scripts in other files and just source them from .bashrc. If you have to edit the code it's much easier to edit a specific script. If you don't want it anymore, just delete a few lines in .bashrc, you don't have to navigate all the code there.
gofunction (i.e. thecdwith the hard-coded/path/to/folderprefix), not the "simple start-from-here" type of autocompletion ...