_dirname() { local i cur prev opts cmd COMPREPLY=() cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}" prev="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}" cmd="" opts="" for i in ${COMP_WORDS[@]} do case "${cmd},${i}" in ",$1") cmd="dirname" ;; *) ;; esac done case "${cmd}" in dirname) opts="-z -h --zero --help ..." if [[ ${cur} == -* || ${COMP_CWORD} -eq 1 ]] ; then COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts}" -- "${cur}") ) return 0 fi case "${prev}" in *) COMPREPLY=() ;; esac COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "${opts}" -- "${cur}") ) return 0 ;; esac } complete -F _dirname -o bashdefault -o default dirname