Term::Complete

See the current Perl documentation for Term::Complete.

Here is our local, out-dated (pre-5.6) version:

Term::Complete - Perl word completion module

    $input = complete('prompt_string', \@completion_list);
    $input = complete('prompt_string', @completion_list);

This routine provides word completion on the list of words in the array (or array ref).

The tty driver is put into raw mode using the system command stty raw -echo and restored using stty -raw echo.

The following command characters are defined:

lttabgt: Attempts word completion. Cannot be changed.
^D: Prints completion list. Defined by $Term::Complete::complete.
^U: Erases the current input. Defined by $Term::Complete::kill.
ltdelgt, ltbsgt: Erases one character. Defined by $Term::Complete::erase1 and $Term::Complete::erase2.

DIAGNOSTICS

Bell sounds when word completion fails.

The completion charater <tab> cannot be changed.

Wayne Thompson