On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 08:15:51AM -0500, Timothy Stone wrote: > > It's a start right? ;) Am I headed down the right path? Did I read to > much between the lines in the man pages for bash? Nothing on the web > dives this far into aliases in bash. Much seems to skip arguments in the > alias' replacement text. Thats because aliases don't do arguments and function do. In fact, AFAIK, any bash construct works in a function so they can be quite involved and flexible if you want. An rpm enhancing function from the bash_completeion proejct that does tab completion of command line: # rpm(8) completion # _rpm() { local cur prev COMPREPLY=() cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]} prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]} if [ $COMP_CWORD -eq 1 ]; then # first parameter on line case "$cur" in -b*) COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '-ba -bb -bc -bi -bl -bp -bs'\ -- $cur ) ) ;; -t*) COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '-ta -tb -tc -it -tl -tp -ts'\ -- $cur ) ) ;; --*) COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '--help --version --initdb \ --checksig --recompile --rebuild --resign --addsign \ --rebuilddb --showrc --setperms --setugids --tarbuild \ --eval --install --upgrade --query --freshen --erase \ --verify --querytags --rmsource --rmspec --clean \ --import' -- $cur ) ) ;; *) COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '-b -e -F -i -q -t -U -V' \ -- $cur ) ) ;; esac return 0 fi case "$prev" in --@(@(db|exclude)path|prefix|relocate|root)) _filedir -d return 0 ;; --eval) # get a list of macros COMPREPLY=( $( sed -ne 's|^\(%'${cur#\%}'[^ '$'\t'']*\).*$|\1|p' \ /usr/lib/rpm/macros ) ) return 0 ;; --pipe) COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -c -- $cur ) ) return 0 ;; --rcfile) _filedir return 0 ;; --specfile) # complete on .spec files _filedir spec return 0 ;; --whatprovides) if [[ "$cur" == */* ]]; then _filedir else # complete on capabilities COMPREPLY=( $( rpm -qa --queryformat \ '%{providename}\n' | grep "^$cur" ) ) fi return 0 ;; --whatrequires) # complete on capabilities COMPREPLY=( $( rpm -qa --queryformat '%{requirename}\n' | \ grep "^$cur" ) ) return 0 ;; esac case "${COMP_WORDS[1]}" in -@([iFU]*|-install|-freshen|-upgrade)) if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '--percent --force --test \ --replacepkgs --replacefiles --root --excludedocs \ --includedocs --noscripts --rcfile --ignorearch \ --dbpath --prefix --ignoreos --nodeps --allfiles \ --ftpproxy --ftpport --justdb --httpproxy --httpport \ --noorder --relocate --badreloc --notriggers \ --excludepath --ignoresize --oldpackage --define \ --eval --pipe --queryformat --repackage --nosuggests \ --nodigest --nosignature' -- $cur ) ) else _filedir 'rpm' fi ;; -@(e|-erase)) if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '--allmatches --noscripts \ --notriggers --nodeps --test --repackage' -- $cur ) ) else rpm_installed_packages fi ;; -@(q*|-query)) # check whether we're doing file completion if [ "${COMP_LINE#* -*([^ -])f}" != "$COMP_LINE" ]; then _filedir elif [ "${COMP_LINE#* -*([^ -])g}" != "$COMP_LINE" ]; then rpm_group_completion elif [ "${COMP_LINE#* -*([^ -])p}" != "$COMP_LINE" ]; then # uninstalled package completion if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '--scripts --root \ --rcfile --whatprovides --whatrequires \ --requires --triggeredby --ftpport --ftpproxy \ --httpproxy --httpport --provides --triggers \ --dump --changelog --dbpath --filesbypkg \ --define --eval --pipe --showrc --info --list \ --state --docfiles --configfiles --queryformat \ --conflicts --obsoletes --nodigest \ --nosignature' -- $cur ) ) else _filedir 'rpm' fi else # installed package completion if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '--scripts --root \ --rcfile --whatprovides --whatrequires \ --requires --triggeredby --ftpport --ftpproxy \ --httpproxy --httpport --provides --triggers \ --dump --changelog --dbpath --specfile \ --querybynumber --last --filesbypkg --define \ --eval --pipe --showrc --info --list --state \ --docfiles --configfiles --queryformat \ --conflicts --obsoletes --pkgid --hdrid \ --fileid --tid --nodigest --nosignature' \ -- $cur ) ) elif [ "${COMP_LINE#* -*([^ -])a}" == "$COMP_LINE" ]; then rpm_installed_packages fi fi ;; -@(K|-checksig)) if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '--nopgp --nogpg --nomd5 \ --nodigest --nosignature' -- $cur ) ) else _filedir 'rpm' fi ;; -@([Vy]*|-verify)) if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '--root --rcfile --dbpath \ --nodeps --nofiles --noscripts --nomd5 --querytags \ --specfile --whatrequires --whatprovides --nodigest \ --nosignature' -- $cur ) ) # check whether we're doing file completion elif [ "${COMP_LINE#* -*([^ -])f}" != "$COMP_LINE" ]; then _filedir elif [ "${COMP_LINE#* -*([^ -])g}" != "$COMP_LINE" ]; then rpm_group_completion elif [ "${COMP_LINE#* -*([^ -])p}" != "$COMP_LINE" ]; then _filedir 'rpm' else rpm_installed_packages fi ;; -[bt]*) if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '--short-circuit --timecheck \ --clean --rmsource --rmspec --test --sign --buildroot \ --targetbuildarch --buildos --nobuild --nodeps \ --nodirtokens' -- $cur ) ) elif [[ ${COMP_WORDS[1]} == -b* ]]; then _filedir 'spec' else _filedir '@(tgz|tar.@(gz|bz2))' fi ;; --re@(build|compile)) if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '--nodeps --rmsource \ --rmspec --sign --nodirtokens' -- $cur ) ) else _filedir 'src.rpm' fi ;; --tarbuild) _filedir '@(tgz|tar.@(gz|bz2))' ;; --@(re|add)sign) _filedir 'rpm' ;; --set@(perms|gids)) rpm_installed_packages ;; --@(clean|rms@(ource|pec))) if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '--clean --rmsource \ --rmspec' -- $cur ) ) else _filedir 'spec' fi ;; --@(import|dbpath|root)) if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '--import --dbpath --root' \ -- $cur ) ) else _filedir fi ;; esac return 0 } complete -F _rpm $filenames rpm rpmbuild ## end You might check your environment (ie set), RH probably has some functions already defined. -- Hal Burgiss -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list