[lttng-dev] Bash completion v0.00001

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

* Simon Marchi (simon.marchi at polymtl.ca) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is my first or so version of the programmable bash completion
> (tab completion) for the LTTng 2.0 command line tool:
> 
> http://git.dorsal.polymtl.ca/~smarchi?p=lttng-bash-completion.git;a=blob;f=lttng;hb=HEAD
> 
> Currently, it is able to complete general options (before the
> command), the command names and command-specific options (after the
> command). The patch I sent earlier today for lttng-tools is needed for
> the completion to work, so if you want to try it, you can either wait
> for it to be merged or apply it yourself.
> 
> Install instructions for Debian-based distros:
> 
> 1- Make sure that the bash-completion package is installed on your system
> 2- Copy the file in /etc/bash_completion.d
> 3- Type source /etc/bash_completion
> 
> In the future, it would be interesting to be able to complete session
> names, channel names, and maybe perf counter names, which look like a
> big headache to type by hand.

It would be nice to figure out where we could package it in the
lttng-tools. Maybe in a extras/ directory ? Thoughts ?

Thanks,

Mathieu

> 
> Comments are welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Simon
> 
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Mathieu Desnoyers
Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
EfficiOS Inc.
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