#!/usr/bin/env python from __future__ import unicode_literals import os from os.path import dirname as dirn import sys sys.path.insert(0, dirn(dirn((os.path.abspath(__file__))))) import youtube_dl BASH_COMPLETION_FILE = "youtube-dl.bash-completion" BASH_COMPLETION_TEMPLATE = "devscripts/bash-completion.in" def build_completion(opt_parser): opts_flag = [] for group in opt_parser.option_groups: for option in group.option_list: # for every long flag opts_flag.append(option.get_opt_string()) with open(BASH_COMPLETION_TEMPLATE) as f: template = f.read() with open(BASH_COMPLETION_FILE, "w") as f: # just using the special char filled_template = template.replace("{{flags}}", " ".join(opts_flag)) f.write(filled_template) parser = youtube_dl.parseOpts()[0] build_completion(parser)