fish-shell/share/functions/__fish_complete_users.fish
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# This should be used where you want user names with a description. Such as in an argument
# completion. If you just want a list of user names use __fish_print_users.
# The string replace command takes into account GECOS-formatted description fields, by retaining
# only the first field, the relevant one, from the comma-separated list
function __fish_complete_users --description "Print a list of local users, with the real user name as a description"
if command -sq getent
command getent passwd | while read -l line
string split -f 1,5 : -- $line | string join \t | string replace -r ',.*' ''
end
else if command -sq dscl
# This is the "Directory Service command line utility" used on macOS in place of getent.
command dscl . -list /Users RealName | string match -r -v '^_' | string replace -r ' {2,}' \t
else if test -r /etc/passwd
string match -v -r '^\s*#' </etc/passwd | while read -l line
string split -f 1,5 : -- $line | string join \t | string replace -r ',.*' ''
end
end
end