hugo/docs/content/commands/hugo_genautocomplete.md

---
date: 2015-09-08T22:45:13-06:00
title: "hugo genautocomplete"
slug: hugo_genautocomplete
url: /commands/hugo_genautocomplete/
---
## hugo genautocomplete

Generate shell autocompletion script for Hugo

### Synopsis


Generates a shell autocompletion script for Hugo.

NOTE: The current version supports Bash only.
      This should work for *nix systems with Bash installed.

By default, the file is written directly to /etc/bash_completion.d
for convenience, and the command may need superuser rights, e.g.:

	$ sudo hugo genautocomplete

Add `--completionfile=/path/to/file` flag to set alternative
file-path and name.

Logout and in again to reload the completion scripts,
or just source them in directly:

	$ . /etc/bash_completion

```
hugo genautocomplete
```

### Options

```
      --completionfile="/etc/bash_completion.d/hugo.sh": Autocompletion file
      --type="bash": Autocompletion type (currently only bash supported)
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
  -b, --baseURL="": hostname (and path) to the root, e.g. http://spf13.com/
  -D, --buildDrafts[=false]: include content marked as draft
  -F, --buildFuture[=false]: include content with publishdate in the future
      --cacheDir="": filesystem path to cache directory. Defaults: $TMPDIR/hugo_cache/
      --config="": config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)
  -d, --destination="": filesystem path to write files to
      --disableRSS[=false]: Do not build RSS files
      --disableSitemap[=false]: Do not build Sitemap file
      --editor="": edit new content with this editor, if provided
      --ignoreCache[=false]: Ignores the cache directory for reading but still writes to it
      --log[=false]: Enable Logging
      --logFile="": Log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)
      --pluralizeListTitles[=true]: Pluralize titles in lists using inflect
      --preserveTaxonomyNames[=false]: Preserve taxonomy names as written ("Gérard Depardieu" vs "gerard-depardieu")
  -s, --source="": filesystem path to read files relative from
      --stepAnalysis[=false]: display memory and timing of different steps of the program
  -t, --theme="": theme to use (located in /themes/THEMENAME/)
      --uglyURLs[=false]: if true, use /filename.html instead of /filename/
  -v, --verbose[=false]: verbose output
      --verboseLog[=false]: verbose logging
```

### SEE ALSO
* [hugo](/commands/hugo/)	 - hugo builds your site

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