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BASH completion for ssh-add */etc/bash_completion.d/ssh-add*
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# Bash completion for ssh-add | |
_ssh_add() { | |
local cur prev words cword | |
_init_completion || return | |
local flags=( | |
-l --list | |
-L --list-public | |
-d --delete | |
-D --delete-all | |
-x --lock | |
-X --unlock | |
-c --confirm | |
-k --no-confirm | |
-q --quiet | |
-t --life | |
-E --hash | |
-h --help | |
) | |
local time_examples="2h 4h 8h" | |
local hash_algos="md5 sha1 sha256" | |
# Provide completions for options expecting arguments | |
case "$prev" in | |
-t | --life) | |
COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "$time_examples" -- "$cur")) | |
return 0 | |
;; | |
-E | --hash) | |
COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "$hash_algos" -- "$cur")) | |
return 0 | |
;; | |
esac | |
if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then | |
COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "${flags[*]}" -- "$cur")) | |
return 0 | |
fi | |
# Complete identity files in ~/.ssh matching _id patterns | |
local ssh_dir=~/.ssh | |
if [[ -d "$ssh_dir" ]]; then | |
local file | |
local matches=() | |
for file in "$ssh_dir"/*; do | |
[[ -f "$file" ]] || continue | |
local base=$(basename "$file") | |
if [[ "$base" == id_* || "$base" == *_id || "$base" == *_id_* ]] && [[ "$base" != *.pub ]]; then | |
[[ "$file" == "$cur"* ]] && matches+=("$file") | |
fi | |
done | |
COMPREPLY=("${matches[@]}") | |
fi | |
return 0 | |
} | |
complete -F _ssh_add ssh-add |
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