---
name: "hugo-completion-bash"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hugo"
version: "0.169.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hugo-completion-bash"
---

# hugo-completion-bash(1)

Generate the autocompletion script for bash

## NAME

hugo-completion-bash - Generate the autocompletion script for bash

## SYNOPSIS

**hugo completion bash**

## DESCRIPTION

Generate the autocompletion script for the bash shell.

This script depends on the 'bash-completion' package. If it is not installed already, you can install it via your OS's package manager.

To load completions in your current shell session:

```
source <(hugo completion bash)
```

To load completions for every new session, execute once:

### Linux:

```
hugo completion bash > /etc/bash_completion.d/hugo
```

### macOS:

```
hugo completion bash > $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/hugo
```

You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect.

## OPTIONS

**-h**, **--help**\[=false\]\
 	help for bash

**--no-descriptions**\[=false\]\
 	disable completion descriptions

## OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

**--clock**=""\
 	set the clock used by Hugo, e.g. --clock 2021-11-06T22:30:00.00+09:00

**--config**=""\
 	config file (default is hugo.yaml\|json\|toml)

**--configDir**="config"\
 	config dir

**-d**, **--destination**=""\
 	filesystem path to write files to

**-e**, **--environment**=""\
 	build environment

**--ignoreVendorPaths**=""\
 	ignores any \_vendor for module paths matching the given Glob pattern

**--logLevel**=""\
 	log level (debug\|info\|warn\|error)

**--noBuildLock**\[=false\]\
 	don't create .hugo\_build.lock file

**--quiet**\[=false\]\
 	build in quiet mode

**-M**, **--renderToMemory**\[=false\]\
 	render to memory (mostly useful when running the server)

**-s**, **--source**=""\
 	filesystem path to read files relative from

**--themesDir**=""\
 	filesystem path to themes directory

## SEE ALSO

**[hugo-completion(1)](/hugo-completion/1.md)**