[ovs-dev] [completion V2 2/3] ovs-vsctl-bashcomp: Add bash command-line completion for ovs-vsctl.
Ben Pfaff
blp at nicira.com
Thu Mar 12 18:11:57 UTC 2015
On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 06:36:15PM -0700, Alex Wang wrote:
> From: Peter Amidon <peter at picnicpark.org>
>
> This patch adds bash command-line completion script for ovs-vsctl.
> Therein, codes are added to ovs-vsctl to allow it to print the
> options and command arguments. The ovs-vsctl-bashcomp.bash will
> parse the vsctl command and complete on the user input.
>
> The completion script can do the following::
>
> - display available completion and complete on user input for
> global/local options, command, and argument.
>
> - query database and expand keywords like 'table/record/column/key'
> to available completions.
>
> - deal with argument relations like 'one and more', 'zero or one'.
>
> - complete multiple ovs-vsctl commands cascaded via '--'.
>
> To use the script, either copy it inside /etc/bash_completion.d/
> or manually run it via . ovs-vsctl-bashcomp.bash.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Wang <alexw at nicira.com>
Still needs Peter's Signed-off-by.
Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>
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