[root@k8s1 ~]# kubectl completion --help
Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash or zsh). The shell code must be evaluated to provide
interactive completion of kubectl commands. This can be done by sourcing it from the .bash _profile.
Detailed instructions on how to do this are available here:
https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/#enabling-shell-autocompletion
Note for zsh users: [1] zsh completions are only supported in versions of zsh >= 5.2
Examples:
# Installing bash completion on macOS using homebrew
## If running Bash 3.2 included with macOS
brew install bash-completion
## or, if running Bash 4.1+
brew install bash-completion@2
## If kubectl is installed via homebrew, this should start working immediately.
## If you've installed via other means, you may need add the completion to your completion directory
kubectl completion bash > $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/kubectl
# Installing bash completion on Linux
## Load the kubectl completion code for bash into the current shell
source <(kubectl completion bash)
## Write bash completion code to a file and source if from .bash_profile
kubectl completion bash > ~/.kube/completion.bash.inc
printf "
# Kubectl shell completion
source '$HOME/.kube/completion.bash.inc'
" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
# Load the kubectl completion code for zsh[1] into the current shell
source <(kubectl completion zsh)
# Set the kubectl completion code for zsh[1] to autoload on startup
kubectl completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_kubectl"
Usage:
kubectl completion SHELL [options]
Use "kubectl options" for a list of global command-line options (applies to all commands).