Term::Complete(3pm)

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version 5.42.3 · 9 versions
, in alpine 3.24

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is Term::Complete(3pm) — yes, from the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, periodt — and its official NAME vibe is literally Perl word completion module. That's the whole main character energy: it does word completion for you. 💖✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Two ways to call it, bestie:

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

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so this routine provides word completion on the list of words in the array (or array ref). 🫶

The tty driver is put into raw mode and restored using an operating system specific command; in UNIX-like environments that command is stty. 🌈

The following command characters are defined:

  • <tab> — attempts word completion. Cannot be changed. 💀
  • ^D — prints the completion list. Defined by $Term::Complete::complete. 📋
  • ^U — erases the current input. Defined by $Term::Complete::kill. 🧹
  • <del>, <bs> — erases one character. Defined by $Term::Complete::erase1 and $Term::Complete::erase2. ✂️

🚨 DIAGNOSTICS 🚨

The bell sounds when word completion fails. 🔔😭

😭 BUGS 😭

The completion character <tab> cannot be changed. No cap, that's the bug note. 💀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Wayne Thompson. 👑✨

🌈 cute little sign-off: this page is Term::Complete(3pm) from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-11-03. Bye bestie, go complete some words 💅🎀
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