$COMP_TYPE
–
Completion Type
$COMP_TYPE contains the completion type.
TAB: normal completion?: listing completions after successive tabs!: listing alternatives on partial word completion@: listing completions if the word is not unmodified%: menu completion
This variable is only available in functions and external commands invoked by the programmable completion.
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