Interactive shell

reference: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/interactive-gcloud

1. Installation and use

   The gcloud interactive shell is included in the gcloud beta components.

   1. To check if you have the gcloud beta components installed, run the following command:

      gcloud components list
      

   2. If you don’t see the gcloud beta components listed, to install the beta components, run the following command:

      gcloud components install beta
      

   3. To enter the gcloud interactive mode, run the following command:

      gcloud beta interactive
      

      Your usual shell prompt is replaced with the gcloud interactive shell prompt $.

   4. To get auto-suggestions and inline help, start typing a command.

   5. To save time when you’re working with a command for a while, type the part of the command you’ll reuse and then press F7. For example, to work with gcloud compute, type gcloud compute and then press F7. You can then type subcommands such as list without needing to first type gcloud compute. When you’re no longer using the command, press Ctrl-C and F7 to clear the context.

   6. To exit the interactive shell press Ctrl-D or F9.

   Auto-completion and help

   gcloud interactive has auto prompting for commands and flags, and displays inline help snippets in the lower section as you type a command.

   Static information, like command and sub-command names, and flag names and enumerated flag values, are auto-completed using dropdown menus.

   

   Shortcuts

   To accomplish common tasks, you can use the following shortcuts:

   Action	Shortcut
   Complete a file path or resource argument	Tab
   Refine the dropdown completion menu	Continue typing the command
   Scroll through the menu	Tab, Shift+Tab, or arrow keys
   Select a highlighted item or directory	Space or /
   Toggle the active help section, ON when enabled, OFF when disabled	F2
   Set the context for command input to avoid retyping command prefixes	F7
   Clear the context for command input	Ctrl-C and F7
   Open a web browser tab or window to display the complete man page for the current command	F8
   Exit	F9 or Ctrl+D

   Bash compatibility

   bash completion configs, aliases, exports, functions, set -o settings, and variables initialized in your .bashrc are all available at the interactive command prompt. The interactive command line edit mode is derived from the set -o emacs or set -o vi setting.