Enabling Tab Completion for dotnet Command
PowerShell
Edit the profile at $PROFILE
:
# PowerShell parameter completion shim for the dotnet CLI
Register-ArgumentCompleter -Native -CommandName dotnet -ScriptBlock {
param($commandName, $wordToComplete, $cursorPosition)
dotnet complete --position $cursorPosition "$wordToComplete" |
ForEach-Object {
[System.Management.Automation.CompletionResult]::new($_, $_, 'ParameterValue', $_)
}
}
Bash
# bash parameter completion for the dotnet CLI
function _dotnet_bash_complete()
{
local cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}" IFS=$'\n' # On Windows you may need to use use IFS=$'\r\n'
local candidates
read -d '' -ra candidates < <(dotnet complete --position "${COMP_POINT}" "${COMP_LINE}" 2>/dev/null)
read -d '' -ra COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${candidates[*]:-}" -- "$cur")
}
complete -f -F _dotnet_bash_complete dotnet