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% podman-completion(1)
NAME
podman-completion - Generate shell completion scripts
SYNOPSIS
podman completion [options] bash|zsh|fish|powershell
DESCRIPTION
The completion command 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 you are typing the command and press [TAB].
Usually these scripts are automatically installed via the package manager.
OPTIONS
--file, -f
Write the generated output to file.
--no-desc
Do not provide description in the completions.
Installation
BASH
Make sure you have bash-completion 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 bash -f /etc/bash_completion.d/podman
ZSH
If shell completion is not already enabled in the environment you will need to enable it. You can execute the following once:
echo "autoload -U compinit; compinit" >> ~/.zshrc
To make it available for all zsh sessions run:
podman completion zsh -f "${fpath[1]}/_podman"
Once you reload the shell the autocompletion should be working.
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 fish -f ~/.config/fish/completions/podman.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.