py-bash-completion
A package that provides python interface for bash completion
Usage example
In the simplest case, we can just complete from the end of the line using, bash_complete_line():
from bash_completion import bash_complete_line
In [1]: bash_complete_line('git s', return_line=True)
Out[1]:
{'git shortlog',
'git show',
'git show-branch',
'git stage',
'git stash',
'git status',
'git submodule',
'git subtree'}However, there is also a lower-level API that more closely matches the actual Bash completion interface, for those who need it!
from bash_completion import bash_completions
def get_completions(line):
split = line.split()
if len(split) > 1 and not line.endswith(' '):
prefix = split[-1]
begidx = len(line.rsplit(prefix)[0])
else:
prefix = ''
begidx = len(line)
endidx = len(line)
return bash_completions(prefix, line, begidx, endidx)
In [1]: get_completions('git s')
Out[1]:
({'shortlog',
'show',
'show-branch',
'stage',
'stash',
'status',
'submodule',
'subtree'},
1)You may also use this as a simple command line utility:
$ python -m bash_completion "ls --s"
ls --show-control-chars
ls --si
ls --size
ls --sort
ls --sort=