Tab completion for the npx command

README.md

complete_npx

Tab completion for the npx command

Usage

Save complete_npx in your home folder and then source it on your .bash_profile with:

. ~/complete_npx

complete_npx

no_modules() {
  local project_root=$1

  [ ! -r "$project_root/node_modules" ]
}

complete_npx() {
  local project_root=$(pwd -P)

  while no_modules "$project_root"; do
    if [ "$project_root" = '/' ]; then
      return 1
    fi

    project_root=$(dirname "$project_root")
  done

  local CURR_ARG
  local FILES=$(find "$project_root/node_modules/.bin" | tail -n +2 | xargs basename -a)

  CURR_ARG=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
  COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${FILES[@]}" -- $CURR_ARG ) );
}

complete -F complete_npx npx