Term::Complete - Perl word completion module
$input = Complete('prompt_string', \@completion_list);
$input = Complete('prompt_string', @completion_list);
Perl Programmers Reference Guide Term::Complete(3)
NAME
Term::Complete - Perl word completion module
SYNOPSIS
$input = Complete('prompt_string', \@completion_list);
$input = Complete('prompt_string', @completion_list);
DESCRIPTION
This routine provides word completion on the list of words in the array
(or array ref).
The tty driver is put into raw mode and restored using an operating
system specific command, in UNIX-like environments "stty".
The following command characters are defined:
<tab>
Attempts word completion. Cannot be changed.
^D Prints completion list. Defined by $Term::Complete::complete.
^U Erases the current input. Defined by $Term::Complete::kill.
<del>, <bs>
Erases one character. Defined by $Term::Complete::erase1 and
$Term::Complete::erase2.
DIAGNOSTICS
Bell sounds when word completion fails.
BUGS
The completion character <tab> cannot be changed.
AUTHOR
Wayne Thompson
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+-----------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Availability | runtime/perl-532 |
+---------------+-----------------------+
|Stability | Pass-through volatile |
+---------------+-----------------------+
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from
http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.32.0.tar.gz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://www.perl.org/.
perl v5.32.0 2020-06-14 Term::Complete(3)