On Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:05:07 GMT, Ivan Bereziuk <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I propose a Bash auto-completion script for the `jcmd` tool. It will 
>> simplify the most tedious part of `jcmd` tool usage -selecting 
>> <PID|main-class> and the command name.
>> 
>> To determine auto-completion candidates, the script makes intermediate calls 
>> to `jcmd` and then parses the output:
>> * `jcmd -l` to retrieve the list of running JVM processes;
>> * `jcmd <PID> help` to get the list of available diagnostic commands;
>> 
>> The "-o nosort" is set to preserve natural ordering of candidates: The 
>> resulting order of completion candidates printed, on double-`TAB` is 
>> structured:  the JVM identifier (<main-class | path-to-jar>) appears 
>> immediately after the corresponding PID, maintaining a clear and meaningful 
>> association.
>> 
>> Example with 2 JVMs running:
>> 
>> $ jcmd -l
>> 91936 jdk.jcmd/sun.tools.jcmd.JCmd -l
>> 91668 install/MyApp.jar
>> 91769 EventGeneratorLoop 100
>> $ jcmd <TAB_key_press>
>> -l                  --help              91668               
>> install/MyApp.jar   91769               EventGeneratorLoop
>> 
>> 
>> Overall it should greatly improve QoL for `jcmd` Users.
>> 
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>
> Ivan Bereziuk has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
> commit since the last revision:
> 
>   removed interpreter directive at 1st line. Improved guard against non-bash 
> shells, require 'complete' to be a buildin

Yes, I will add Release Note to this change.
Thanks @kevinjwalls  @erikj79

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/30606#issuecomment-4222743310

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