#!/usr/bin/env python2 import youtube_dl BASH_COMPLETION_FILE = "youtube-dl.bash_completion" BASH_COMPLETION_TEMPLATE = "devscripts/bash_completion.template" def build_completion(opt_parser): opts_flag = [] for group in opt_parser.option_groups: for option in group.option_list: #for every long flag opts_flag.append(option.get_opt_string()) with open(BASH_COMPLETION_TEMPLATE) as f: template = f.read() with open(BASH_COMPLETION_FILE, "w") as f: #just using the special char print opts_flag filled_template = template.replace("{{flags}}", " ".join(opts_flag)) f.write(filled_template) parser = youtube_dl.parseOpts()[0] build_completion(parser)