---
name: "register-python-argcomplete3"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-argcomplete"
version: "1.8.1-1.5"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/register-python-argcomplete3"
---

# register-python-argcomplete3(1)

register-python-argcomplete - argcomplete utility script

## NAME

register-python-argcomplete - register-python-argcomplete - argcomplete utility script

## DESCRIPTION

usage: register-python-argcomplete \[-h\] \[--no-defaults\]

- \[--complete-arguments ...\] \[-s {bash,tcsh}\]

  executable

Register a Python executable for use with the argcomplete module.

To perform the registration, source the output of this script in your bash shell (quote the output to avoid interpolation).

Example:

-

  `$ eval "$(register-python-argcomplete my-favorite-script.py)"`

For Tcsh

-

  `` $ eval `register-python-argcomplete --shell tcsh my-favorite-script.py` ``

### positional arguments:

- executable

  executable to completed (when invoked by exactly this name)

### optional arguments:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **--no-defaults**

  When no matches are generated, do not fallback to readline's default completion

- **--complete-arguments** ...

  arguments to call complete with; use of this option discards default options

- **-s** {bash,tcsh}, **--shell** {bash,tcsh}

  output code for the specified shell

## AUTHORS

**argcomplete** module was written by Andrey Kislyuk

## SEE ALSO

Full documentation for  **argccomplete** module is stored at https://argcomplete.readthedocs.org/en/latest/