Shell Autocompletion

meowload can generate autocompletion scripts for popular shells, allowing you to press Tab to autocomplete subcommands and flags.

Supported Shells

Zsh is the default shell on macOS.

Enable for the current session:


source <(meowload completion zsh)

Enable permanently (recommended):


meowload completion zsh > $(brew --prefix)/share/zsh/site-functions/_meowload

Note

If shell completion is not already enabled in your environment, run this once:


echo "autoload -U compinit; compinit" >> ~/.zshrc

Restart your terminal for the changes to take effect.

Enable for the current session:


source <(meowload completion bash)

Enable permanently:

macOS:


meowload completion bash > $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/meowload

Linux:


meowload completion bash > /etc/bash_completion.d/meowload

Note

Bash autocompletion requires the bash-completion package. If not installed, you can install it via your package manager:


# macOS
brew install bash-completion

Restart your terminal for the changes to take effect.

Enable for the current session:


meowload completion fish | source

Enable permanently:


meowload completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/meowload.fish

Restart your terminal for the changes to take effect.

Enable for the current session:


meowload completion powershell | Out-String | Invoke-Expression

Enable permanently:

Add the above command to your PowerShell profile. You can find your profile path by running:


echo $PROFILE