You can enable completion commands by setting the `EnableBashCompletion` flag on the `App` object. By default, this setting will only auto-complete to show an app's subcommands, but you can write your own completion methods for the App or its subcommands. ``` go package main import ( "fmt" "log" "os" "github.com/urfave/cli" ) func main() { tasks := []string{"cook", "clean", "laundry", "eat", "sleep", "code"} app := cli.NewApp() app.EnableBashCompletion = true app.Commands = []cli.Command{ { Name: "complete", Aliases: []string{"c"}, Usage: "complete a task on the list", Action: func(c *cli.Context) error { fmt.Println("completed task: ", c.Args().First()) return nil }, BashComplete: func(c *cli.Context) { // This will complete if no args are passed if c.NArg() > 0 { return } for _, t := range tasks { fmt.Println(t) } }, }, } err := app.Run(os.Args) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } ``` #### Enabling Source the `autocomplete/bash_autocomplete` file in your `.bashrc` file while setting the `PROG` variable to the name of your program: `PROG=myprogram source /.../cli/autocomplete/bash_autocomplete` #### Distribution Copy `autocomplete/bash_autocomplete` into `/etc/bash_completion.d/` and rename it to the name of the program you wish to add autocomplete support for (or automatically install it there if you are distributing a package). Don't forget to source the file to make it active in the current shell. ``` sudo cp src/bash_autocomplete /etc/bash_completion.d/ source /etc/bash_completion.d/ ``` Alternatively, you can just document that users should source the generic `autocomplete/bash_autocomplete` in their bash configuration with `$PROG` set to the name of their program (as above). #### Customization The default bash completion flag (`--generate-bash-completion`) is defined as `cli.BashCompletionFlag`, and may be redefined if desired, e.g.: ``` go package main import ( "log" "os" "github.com/urfave/cli" ) func main() { cli.BashCompletionFlag = cli.BoolFlag{ Name: "compgen", Hidden: true, } app := cli.NewApp() app.EnableBashCompletion = true app.Commands = []cli.Command{ { Name: "wat", }, } err := app.Run(os.Args) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } ```