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Document how to install kubectl bash completion #13826

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Expand Up @@ -132,6 +132,24 @@ However the gcloud bundled kubectl version may be older than the one downloaded
get.k8s.io install script. We recommend you use the downloaded binary to avoid
potential issues with client/server version skew.

#### Enabling bash completion of the Kubernetes command line tools

You may find it useful to enable `kubectl` bash completion:

```
$ source ./contrib/completions/bash/kubectl
```

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Maybe add a note: This will last for the duration of your bash session. If you want to make this permanent you need to addj this line in your bash profile.

Also you could mention bash_completions.d: on most linux distributions you can also move the completions file to your bash_completions.d like this:

$  cp ./contrib/completions/bash/kubectl /etc/bash_completion.d/

but then you have to update it when you update kubectl

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Thanks!

**Note**: This will last for the duration of your bash session. If you want to make this permanent you need to add this line in your bash profile.

Alternatively, on most linux distributions you can also move the completions file to your bash_completions.d like this:

```
$ cp ./contrib/completions/bash/kubectl /etc/bash_completion.d/
```

but then you have to update it when you update kubectl.

### Getting started with your cluster

#### Inspect your cluster
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