# dict(1) completion -*- shell-script -*- _dictdata() { dict $host $port $1 2>/dev/null | command sed -ne \ 's/^[[:blank:]]\{1,\}\([^[:blank:]]*\).*$/\1/p' } _dict() { local cur prev words cword _init_completion || return local host port db i for ((i = 1; i < cword; i++)); do case ${words[i]} in --host | -!(-*)h) host=${words[++i]} [[ -n $host ]] && host="-h $host" ;; --port | -!(-*)p) port=${words[++i]} [[ -n $port ]] && port="-p $port" ;; --database | -!(-*)d) db=${words[++i]} [[ -n $db ]] && host="-d $db" ;; esac done if [[ $cur == -* ]]; then COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W '$(_parse_help "$1")' -- "$cur")) return fi case $prev in --database | -info | -!(-*)[di]) COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W '$(_dictdata -D)' -- "$cur")) return ;; --strategy | -!(-*)s) COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W '$(_dictdata -S)' -- "$cur")) return ;; esac local dictfile=/usr/share/dict/words if [[ -r $dictfile ]]; then # Dictfile may be too large for practical compgen -W usage, so narrow # it down with grep if $cur looks like something that's safe to embed # in a pattern instead. if [[ $cur == +([-A-Za-z0-9/.]) ]]; then COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W \ '$(command grep "^${cur//./\\.}" $dictfile)' -- "$cur")) else COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W '$(cat $dictfile)' -- "$cur")) fi fi } && complete -F _dict -o default dict rdict # ex: filetype=sh