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# bash completion for getent

have getent &&
_getent()
{
    local cur prev

    COMPREPLY=()
    _get_comp_words_by_ref cur prev

    case $prev in
        passwd)
            COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -u "$cur"  ) )
            return 0
            ;;
        group)
            COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -g "$cur"  ) )
            return 0
            ;;
        services)
            COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -s "$cur"  ) )
            return 0
            ;;
        hosts)
            COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -A hostname "$cur"  ) )
            return 0
            ;;
        protocols|networks|ahosts|ahostsv4|ahostsv6|rpc)
            COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$( getent "$prev" | \
                awk '{ print $1 }' )" -- "$cur" ) )
            return 0
            ;;
        aliases|shadow)
            COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$( getent "$prev" | cut -d: -f1 )" \
                -- "$cur" ) )
            return 0
            ;;
    esac


    if [ $COMP_CWORD -eq 1 ]; then
        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'passwd group hosts services protocols \
            networks ahosts ahostsv4 ahostsv6 aliases ethers netgroup rpc \
            shadow' -- "$cur" ) )
    fi
} &&
complete -F _getent getent

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