Can bash "complete" command change so far typed input?

Kragh

1/8/24, 4:40 PM

I'd like to write a dynamic completion script that modifies the so far typed command.

For example if I type:

$ myapp give me a random command<tab><tab>

completion function would call REST endpoint with "give me a random command" payload
endpoint would return "ls -al" (so far I'm good)
complete would replace "myapp give me a random command" with "ls -al" (I need help only with this step).

$ ls -al

I don't know if it is even possible with complete command. If it is possible I need a clue how to do that, if it is not possible with complete is there any other approach I could take?

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pierrely

1/10/24, 11:59 PM

overide tab key in custom keys, to run a script, to set a count of how many tabs pressed in a certain time frame. if one tab and say .5 second delay , pass on to normal completion (I am not sure about how to do that one)... if two tabs, run your script to randomly select from a list of commands. might be better to forget the tabs and make it for just running a random command script. and when I say run command at the end, I mean paste the text as in run xdotool to run ctl-shift-v (konsole) to paste in the random command. which you could just do with a hotkey that is not a tab -

pierrely

1/11/24, 12:03 AM

keys defined here /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h all commands available. https://askubuntu.com/questions/403435/how-to-get-a-list-of-all-the-commands-available-for-ubuntu

pierrely

1/11/24, 12:15 AM

keys defined here /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h all commands available. https://askubuntu.com/questions/403435/how-to-get-a-list-of-all-the-commands-available-for-ubuntu echo "whatever random command " | xsel -ib && xsel -ob' and add the paste command keys, ctrl-shist-v, with xdotool

Kragh

1/16/24, 5:53 PM

@pierrely thank you for your input! I decided to take a little bit different approach (bash function + xdotool) https://github.com/jkatnik/ai-bash

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Kragh

1/16/24, 5:54 PM

I changed my "requirements" and combined bash function with xdotool

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