How to list all the shell keywords?
$ type if
if is a shell keyword
I don't know the other shell keywords.
Is there any command to list all the bash shell keywords.?
Note: help -m
displays both shell builtins and shell keywords.
Solution 1:
For this exists that shell builtin command called compgen
which most certainly you did not notice it when you run help -m
.
$ compgen -k
if
then
else
elif
fi
case
esac
for
select
while
until
do
done
in
function
time
{
}
!
[[
]]
coproc
See help -m compgen
for more info about compgen
.
Solution 2:
Idea taken from here:
-
In bash, to list all keywords, first run the following command in terminal:
complete -A keyword :
Then type at the prompter: :SpaceTabTab.
Works very well for me:
! { coproc elif fi if then while
[[ } do else for in time
]] case done esac function select until