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13 changes: 5 additions & 8 deletions docs/core/tools/enable-tab-autocomplete.md
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Expand Up @@ -61,17 +61,14 @@ To add tab completion to your **bash** shell for the .NET CLI, add the following
```bash
# bash parameter completion for the dotnet CLI

_dotnet_bash_complete()
function _dotnet_bash_complete()
{
local word=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
local cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}" IFS=$'\n'
local candidates

local completions
completions="$(dotnet complete --position "${COMP_POINT}" "${COMP_LINE}" 2>/dev/null)"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
completions=""
fi
read -d '' -ra candidates < <(dotnet complete --position "${COMP_POINT}" "${COMP_LINE}" 2>/dev/null)

COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "$completions" -- "$word") )
read -d '' -ra COMPREPLY < <(compgen -W "${candidates[*]:-}" -- "$cur")
}

complete -f -F _dotnet_bash_complete dotnet
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