Shell Completion

Panix supports tab completion for commands, flags, and flag values in bash, zsh, and fish.

Install

bash

echo 'source <(panix completion -c bash)' >> ~/.bashrc

zsh

echo 'source <(panix completion -c zsh)' >> ~/.zshrc

fish

echo 'panix completion -c fish | source' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish

Run panix completion with no shell argument to auto-detect. Use -c to print raw shell code for piping.

Nix / Home Manager

When Panix is installed via the Nix flake, shell completions are installed automatically using installShellFiles. No manual sourcing is needed; just make sure your shell is enabled:

# Home Manager or NixOS
programs.bash.enable = true;   # or programs.zsh.enable / programs.fish.enable

Note

Completions are generated at build time and placed in the standard share/bash-completion/completions/, share/fish/vendor_completions.d/, and share/zsh/site-functions/ directories. Enabling the corresponding shell program is sufficient; there is no need to edit init files.

Troubleshooting

Completion doesn’t work:

• Ensure panix is on $PATH and the init line is in the correct file (~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, or ~/.config/fish/config.fish). Restart your terminal or source the file.