> I am proposing a bash auto-completion script for `jcmd` tool. It covers the > tedious part of `jcmd` tool usage - <PID|main-class> and command name. > > To guess the autocompletion candidates we make intermediate calls to `jcmd` > and parse the output: > * run "jcmd -l" get a list of running JVMs > * query the list of available diagnostic commands with `jcmd <PID> help`. > > The "-o nosort" is set to preserve ordering of candidates: The output from > autocompletion (on `TAB` key press) is structured. JVM text identification > <main-class|path-to-jar> immediately follows the PID of this process: > > Example with 2 JVMs running: > > $ jcmd -l > 91936 jdk.jcmd/sun.tools.jcmd.JCmd -l > 91668 install/MyApp.jar > 91769 EventGeneratorLoop 100 > $ jcmd <TAB_key_press> > -l --help 91668 install/MyApp.jar > 91769 EventGeneratorLoop > > > Overall it should greatly improve QoL for `jcmd` Users.
Ivan Bereziuk has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The incremental webrev excludes the unrelated changes brought in by the merge/rebase. The pull request contains eight additional commits since the last revision: - Merge branch 'master' into 8357439_bash_autocomplete_for_jcmd - copy the autocompletion script to the jdk image - move script in bash-completion/ folder and remove extention - moved the script from man to conf folder - declare functions consistently - more clenup - copyright header. minor cleanup - 8357439: add bash autocompletion for jcmd ------------- Changes: - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/30606/files - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/30606/files/7d491849..460fd17e Webrevs: - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=30606&range=03 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=30606&range=02-03 Stats: 8238 lines in 493 files changed: 5919 ins; 632 del; 1687 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/30606.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/30606/head:pull/30606 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/30606
