podman-completion(1) General Commands Manual podman-completion(1)
NAME
podman-completion - Generate shell completion scripts
SYNOPSIS
podman completion [options] bash | zsh | fish | powershell
DESCRIPTION
podman completion generates shell completion scripts for a variety of
shells. Supported shells are bash, zsh, fish and powershell.
These script are used by the shell to provide suggestions and complete
commands when the command is typed and [TAB] is pressed.
Usually these scripts are automatically installed via the package man-
ager.
OPTIONS
--file, -f=file
Write the generated output to a file.
--no-desc
Do not provide description in the completions.
The default is false.
Installation
BASH
bash-completion has to be installed on the system.
To load the completion script into the current session run:
source <(podman completion bash)
To make it available for all bash sessions run:
podman completion -f /etc/bash_completion.d/podman bash
ZSH
Shell completion needs to be already enabled in the environment. The
following can be executed:
echo "autoload -U compinit; compinit" >> ~/.zshrc
To make it available for all zsh sessions run:
podman completion -f "${fpath[1]}/_podman" zsh
Once the shell is reloaded the auto-completion works.
FISH
To load the completion script into the current session run:
podman completion fish | source
To make it available for all fish sessions run:
podman completion -f ~/.config/fish/completions/podman.fish fish
POWERSHELL
To load the completion script into the current session run:
podman.exe completion powershell | Out-String | Invoke-Expression
To make it available in all powershell sessions that a user has, write
the completion output to a file and source that to the user's powershell
profile. More information about profiles is available with Get-Help
about_Profiles.
SEE ALSO
podman(1), zsh(1), fish(1), powershell(1)
podman-completion(1)
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