compgen
A built-in command for auto-completion in Bash, which is called on pressing TAB key twice. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#index-compgen.
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List all commands that you could run:
compgen -c
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List all aliases:
compgen -a
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List all functions that you could run:
compgen -A function
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Show shell reserved keywords:
compgen -k
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See all available commands/aliases starting with 'ls':
compgen -ac {{ls}}
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