Re: ssh config "Include" and bash completion

[Javier Barroso <javibarroso@gmail.com>]

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:51 AM, Javier Barroso <javibarroso@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Hector,
>
> It work for me:
>
> $ grep "Include\|testing" /etc/ssh/ssh_config ; cat /etc/ssh/ssh.d/test
> Include /etc/ssh/ssh.d/test
> Host testing
> Hostname 1.1.1.1
>
> $ ssh test<TAB> => testing
> $ dpkg -l bash-completion
> Deseado=desconocido(U)/Instalar/eliminaR/Purgar/retener(H)
> | Estado=No/Inst/ficheros-Conf/desempaqUetado/medio-conF/medio-inst(H)/espera-disparo(W)/pendienTe-disparo
> |/ Err?=(ninguno)/requiere-Reinst (Estado,Err: mayúsc.=malo)
> ||/ Nombre                          Versión              Arquitectura
>        Descripción
> +++-===============================-====================-====================-====================================================================
> ii  bash-completion                 1:2.8-1              all
>        programmable completion for the bash shell
>
> At bash_completioni script:
>
> $ grep Inclu /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion -A10
> # This function look for the "Include" keyword in ssh config files and include
> # them recursively adding each result to the config variable
> _included_ssh_config_files()
> {
>     [[ $# -lt 1 ]] && echo "error: $FUNCNAME: missing mandatory argument CONFIG"
>     local configfile i f
>     configfile=$1
>     local included=$( command sed -ne
> 's/^[[:blank:]]*[Ii][Nn][Cc][Ll][Uu][Dd][Ee][[:blank:]]\{1,\}\([^#%]*\)\(#.*\)\{0,1\}$/\1/p'
> "${configfile}" )
>     for i in ${included[@]}; do
>         # Check the origin of $configfile to complete relative
> included paths on included
>         # files according to ssh_config(5):
> --
>                 # The Included file is processed to look for Included
> files in itself
>                 _included_ssh_config_files $f
>             fi
>         done
>     done
> } # _included_ssh_config_files()
>
>
> Regards
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 11:32 AM, Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> wrote:
>> On 14/05/18 20:49, john doe wrote:
>>> On 5/14/2018 8:09 AM, Richard Hector wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I recently started using the Include directive in my .ssh/config file -
>>>> so all the definitions are now in .ssh/config.d/.
>>>>
>>>> Now bash completion of hostnames no longer works. Is this expected
>>>> behaviour? Anyone know how to fix it, without reverting to a single file?
>>>>
>>>
>>> The only work around I can think of is:
>>>
>>> $ cat ~/.ssh/config
>>> host x
>>> include ~/.config.d/x
>>>
>>> $ cat ~/.ssh/config.d/x
>>> hostname x.example.com
>>>
>>
>> Meaning all my hosts need to be specified in both places? Not really
>> convenient.
>>
>> I don't actually use one file per host; I use one per 'group' -
>> generally a client, or perhaps a vm or container host.
>>
>> I assume there's a way to modify the bash completion config, but I
>> haven't looked at that. (Now I have, and it's ... going to require
>> further study.)
>>
>> Richard
>>
Sorry for the top posting (and this second mail :( )