Shell Completion

Dasel can generate shell completion scripts for Bash, Zsh, Fish, and PowerShell. These scripts provide tab-completion for subcommands, flags, and supported data formats.

Bash

# Add to ~/.bashrc
source <(dasel completion bash)

Or save to a file:

dasel completion bash > /etc/bash_completion.d/dasel

Zsh

# Add to ~/.zshrc
source <(dasel completion zsh)

Or save to a file:

dasel completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_dasel"

You may need to run compinit after adding the completion script for the first time.

Fish

dasel completion fish | source

Or save to a file:

dasel completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/dasel.fish

PowerShell

# Add to your PowerShell profile
dasel completion powershell | Out-String | Invoke-Expression

Or save to a file:

dasel completion powershell > dasel.ps1
# Then source it in your profile
. ./dasel.ps1

What Gets Completed

The completion scripts provide tab-completion for:

• Subcommands (query, version, completion, man, etc.)

• Flags (--in, --out, --compact, --root, etc.)

• Data formats when using --in or --out (e.g. json, yaml, toml, csv, xml)

• Shell names when using dasel completion