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compopt — Print or change the completion options for a command. `-o` means enabled and `+o` means disabled. Se

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Problem

How to use the compopt command: Print or change the completion options for a command. -o means enabled and +o means disabled. See also: compgen, complete. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-compopt>.

Solution

compopt — Print or change the completion options for a command. -o means enabled and +o means disabled. See also: compgen, complete. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-compopt>.

Print the completion options for given command:

compopt {{command}}

Enable or disable a completion option of a command:

compopt {{-o|+o}} {{option1}} {{-o|+o}} {{option2}} {{command}}

Print the options for the currently executing completion:

compopt

Enable or disable a completion option of a command:

compopt {{-o|+o}} {{option1}} {{-o|+o}} {{option2}}

Code Snippets

Print the completion options for given command

compopt {{command}}

Enable or disable a completion option of a command

compopt {{-o|+o}} {{option1}} {{-o|+o}} {{option2}} {{command}}

Print the options for the currently executing completion

compopt

Enable or disable a completion option of a command

compopt {{-o|+o}} {{option1}} {{-o|+o}} {{option2}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/compopt

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