zsh completion

basic notes on zsh completion system

completion

TAB all the way.

zsh

compinit

initialize the completion system

1compinit -d ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME}/.zcompdump

compdef

using a shell function generate completions

 1compdef function_to_use commands to complete
 2
 3# when used as the first line of an autoloaded function found during compinit
 4#compdef ...
 5
 6# reuse completions created for command2 for command1
 7compdef command1=command2
 8# ex:
 9alias tf=terraform
10compdef tf=terraform

bash

use bash completion in zsh

bash manual

bashcompinit

call after compinit

1bashcompinit

complete

how to complete commands

1complete -o option -[CF] command
2
3# commonly used to not add extra space
4-o nospace
5
6complete -C command_output_used_as_completion command
7complete -F function_output_used_as_completion command