HOAB

Problem :

Well, I know that having named parameter is better “-file=” etc..

But for a simple task, I wanted to give :

./mycommand arg1 arg2 ‘’ ‘’ arg5

And pass those parameters to a function… 

Solution :

Not so lost in internet but easy to do at the end ! 

So basically, as simple as : 

# Solution OK : use arrau
all_args=("$@");
myfunction "${all_args[@]}"

# Loop over parameters
for i in "${@}"; do
   echo "$i"
done
for i in "${all_args[@]}"; do
   echo "$i"
done

From :

• https://linuxcent.com/bash-how-to-pass-array-to-function/

#!/bin/bash

all_args=("$@");

myfunction() {
 arg1=$1
 arg2=$2
 arg3=${3:-'default3'}
 arg4=${4:-'default4'}
 arg5=${5:-'default5'}

 echo "arg1=$arg1"
 echo "arg2=$arg2"
 echo "arg3=$arg3"
 echo "arg4=$arg4"
 echo "arg5=$arg5"
}

echo "--------------- args hard-codede"
myfunction 1 2 "" "" yes
echo "--------------- explode array with quote"
myfunction $(printf ""%s" " "${all_args[@]}")
echo "--------------- working just expand array"
myfunction "${all_args[@]}"

With the following command line : 

./test.sh 1 2 "" "" yes
--------------- args hard-codede
arg1=1
arg2=2
arg3=default3
arg4=default4
arg5=yes
--------------- explode array with quote
arg1="1"
arg2="2"
arg3=""
arg4=""
arg5="yes"
--------------- working just expand array
arg1=1
arg2=2
arg3=default3
arg4=default4
arg5=yes

Problem :

I use bash as shell and usually the autocompletion (with bash-completion) works well.

Until I create some Include files...

Solution :

Not a final one for every one, but a quick workaround is :

1. put your Include file in a directory, for example : ~/ssh/config.d
2. add those config file in bash_completion configuration.

sudo vi /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion

// Add your directory in the config file list

for i in /etc/ssh/ssh_config ~/.ssh/config ~/.ssh/config.d/* ~/.ssh2/config; do
    [[ -r $i ]] && config+=( "$i" )
done

That's all folks.