yq/commands/shell-completion.md
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description: >-
Generate a shell completion file for supported shells
(bash/fish/zsh/powershell)
---
# Shell Completion
```bash
yq shell-completion zsh
```
Prints to StdOut a shell completion script for zsh shell.
### Bash (default)
```bash
source <(yq shell-completion bash)
```
#### To load completions for each session, execute once:
Linux:
```bash
yq shell-completion bash > /etc/bash_completion.d/yq
```
MacOS:
```bash
yq shell-completion bash > /usr/local/etc/bash_completion.d/yq
```
### zsh
If shell completion is not already enabled in your environment you will need to enable it. You can execute the following once:
```bash
echo "autoload -U compinit; compinit" >> ~/.zshrc
```
#### To load completions for each session, execute once:
```bash
yq shell-completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_yq"
```
You will need to start a new shell for this setup to take effect.
### fish
```bash
yq shell-completion fish | source
```
#### To load completions for each session, execute once:
```
yq shell-completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/yq.fish
```
### PowerShell
```bash
yq shell-completion powershell
```
Users need PowerShell version 5.0 or above, which comes with Windows 10 and can be downloaded separately for Windows 7 or 8.1. They can then write the completions to a file and source this file from their PowerShell profile, which is referenced by the $Profile environment variable.