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#[non_exhaustive]
pub enum ValueHint {
Show 13 variants Unknown, Other, AnyPath, FilePath, DirPath, ExecutablePath, CommandName, CommandString, CommandWithArguments, Username, Hostname, Url, EmailAddress,
}
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Provide shell with hint on how to complete an argument.

See Arg::value_hint to set this on an argument.

See the clap_complete crate for completion script generation.

Overview of which hints are supported by which shell:

Hintzshfish1
AnyPathYesYes
FilePathYesYes
DirPathYesYes
ExecutablePathYesPartial
CommandNameYesYes
CommandStringYesPartial
CommandWithArgumentsYes
UsernameYesYes
HostnameYesYes
UrlYes
EmailAddressYes

  1. fish completions currently only support named arguments (e.g. -o or –opt), not positional arguments. 

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Unknown

Default value if hint is not specified. Follows shell default behavior, which is usually auto-completing filenames.

Other

None of the hints below apply. Disables shell completion for this argument.

AnyPath

Any existing path.

FilePath

Path to a file.

DirPath

Path to a directory.

ExecutablePath

Path to an executable file.

CommandName

Name of a command, without arguments. May be relative to PATH, or full path to executable.

CommandString

A single string containing a command and its arguments.

CommandWithArguments

Capture the remaining arguments as a command name and arguments for that command. This is common when writing shell wrappers that execute anther command, for example sudo or env.

This hint is special, the argument must be a positional argument and have .multiple_values(true) and Command must use Command::trailing_var_arg(true). The result is that the command line my_app ls -la / will be parsed as ["ls", "-la", "/"] and clap won’t try to parse the -la argument itself.

Username

Name of a local operating system user.

Hostname

Host name of a computer. Shells usually parse /etc/hosts and .ssh/known_hosts to complete hostnames.

Url

Complete web address.

EmailAddress

Email address.

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