Autocompleting Liquibase Commands

Liquibase provides the autocomplete option for commands run on the macOS and Linux/Unix operating systems or Git Bash and Cygwin CLI tools for Windows. You can find the liquibase_autocomplete.sh in the $LIQUIBASE_HOME/lib folder.

Tip: $LIQUIBASE_HOME is an environment variable that points to the location of the directory where Liquibase is installed on your machine. You can set environment variables using your operating system's shell. The location of $LIQUIBASE_HOME will depend on where Liquibase was installed on your machine.

To start using the autocomplete option, do the following steps:

  1. Ensure that the liquibase_autocomplete.sh path is in the ~/.bash_profile or ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc files

    Example for Linux, Git Bash, and Cygwin:

    2. [ -f $LIQUIBASE_HOME/lib/liquibase_autocomplete.bash ] && . $LIQUIBASE_HOME/lib/liquibase_autocomplete.bash

    Example for MacOS:

    [ -f $LIQUIBASE_HOME/lib/liquibase_autocomplete_mac.bash ] && . $LIQUIBASE_HOME/lib/liquibase_autocomplete_mac.bash
  2. Start typing the command and use the Tab key to have the full version of it.

Example: Type liquibase che and press the Tab key. The result of autocompleting will be liquibase checks.