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Install Command Completion

The Confluent CLI and Confluent Cloud CLI support autocompletion for Bash.

Prerequisites
  • The Confluent CLI or Confluent Cloud CLI <https://docs.confluent.io/ccloud-cli/current/install.html>`__ must be installed.

Follow these instructions to install Bash autocompletion.

MacOS

  1. Install Homebrew.

  2. Install Bash completion.

    brew install bash-completion
    
  3. Add bash-completion to your Bash profile (~/.bash_profile). The _completion file is created in the next step.

    Confluent Cloud CLI

    Update your Bash profile for the Confluent Cloud CLI.

    # Add autocompletion for the Confluent Cloud CLI
    . /usr/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh
    source ~/.ccloud_completion
    
    Confluent CLI

    Update your Bash profile for the Confluent CLI.

    # Add autocompletion for the Confluent CLI
    . /usr/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh
    source ~/.confluent_completion
    
  4. Run this command to create your CLI completion file.

    Confluent Cloud CLI

    Run this command to install auto completion for the Confluent Cloud CLI.

    ccloud completion bash >> ~/.ccloud_completion
    
    Confluent CLI

    Run this command to install auto completion for the Confluent CLI.

    confluent completion bash >> ~/.confluent_completion
    

You can now autocomplete commands. For example, you can type ccloud service-account or confluent iam, and hit Tab to scroll through the available commands.

Ubuntu/Debian

  1. Install Bash completion.

    sudo apt-get install bash-completion
    
  2. Add bash-completion to your Bash profile (~/.bash_profile). The _completion file is created in the next step.

    Confluent Cloud CLI

    Update your Bash profile for the Confluent Cloud CLI.

    # Add autocompletion for the Confluent Cloud CLI
    . /usr/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh
    source ~/.ccloud_completion
    
    Confluent CLI

    Update your Bash profile for the Confluent CLI.

    # Add autocompletion for the Confluent CLI
    . /usr/local/etc/profile.d/bash_completion.sh
    source ~/.confluent_completion
    
  3. Run this command to create your CLI completion file.

    Confluent Cloud CLI

    Run this command to install auto completion for the Confluent Cloud CLI.

    ccloud completion bash >> ~/.ccloud_completion
    
    Confluent CLI

    Run this command to install auto completion for the Confluent CLI.

    confluent completion bash >> ~/.confluent_completion
    

You can now autocomplete commands. For example, you can type ccloud service-account or confluent iam, and hit Tab to scroll through the available commands.