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Is it possible to have a second configuration for Bash's complete which operates independently of the standard TAB triggered one?

I've written a Bash filename completion script tailored specifically for my purposes but I do not want to replace TAB completion with it. Instead I'd like to map it to different keys (e.g. Ctrl+F or an F# key) so that I can use it easily when needed but continue to use TAB completion most of the time.

At the moment I have a line in my .bashrc for testing my script which works fine:

complete -o nospace -o filenames -C /path/to/complete_script commands_list

How do I configure custom keys to trigger my completion script without interfering with TAB completion?

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If your custom completion is designed only for commands_list, this should work: bind complete command to a second key combination, and check value of $COMP_KEY in your script (this is a decimal character code of last character in the key sequence). If it's 9 (regular tab), do the default filename completion.

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  • Thanks for your reply. If it is a tab how do I perform the default filename completion? i.e. Pass the completion back to Bash to handle. Commented Jul 19, 2019 at 10:22

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