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Create a completion script

Create a completion script The completion script is code that uses the builtin bash command complete to define which completion suggestions can be displayed for a given executable. The nature of the completion options vary from simple static to highly sophisticated.

Before you begin

Install Dgraph.
Determine the shell you are running:
```
echo $0
```
An output similar to the following appears:
```
[email protected]:~/dgraph$ echo $0
bash
```

Creating a completion script for Bash shell

To generate a dgraph-completion.sh configuration file for your <SHELL>, run the completion command:

dgraph completion <SHELL> > ~/dgraph-completion.sh

The contents of the file is similar to:

[Decoder]: Using assembly version of decoder
Page Size: 4096
# bash completion for dgraph                               -*- shell-script -*-

__dgraph_debug()
{
 if [[ -n ${BASH_COMP_DEBUG_FILE} ]]; then
     echo "$*" >> "${BASH_COMP_DEBUG_FILE}"
 fi
} 
...
..
.

The generated file has 2 lines at the beginning that need to be removed for the script to run properly.

You can comment out the 2 lines with a #, or remove them with the following command:
```
sed -i.bak '1d;2d' ~/dgraph-completion.sh
```
Make the file executable by running the following command. You may require root user sudo previleges to run it:
```
chmod +x ~/dgraph-completion.sh
```
Open the .bashrc file with any text editor. You might need sudo previliges to apply changes. For example:
```
nano ~/.bashrc
```
Add the path to dgraph-completion.sh using the following syntax and save the file:
```
. path/to/dgraph-completion.sh
```
Reload the bashrc settings with the following command:
```
source ~/.bashrc
```

Now you can start typing dgraph and press tab to get auto-completion and suggestions:

[email protected]station:~/dgraph$ dgraph 
acl            cert           debug          increment      migrate        tool           zero
alpha          completion     debuginfo      live           raftmigrate    upgrade        
bulk           conv           export_backup  lsbackup       restore        version