The first entry in the returned array is the substitution for TEXT. It causes unnecessary output if other commands or options share the same prefix, e.g. $ virsh des<TAB><TAB> des desc destroy or $ virsh domblklist --d<TAB><TAB> --d --details --domain This patch fixes the above issue. Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <lma(a)suse.com&gt; --- tools/vsh.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/vsh.c b/tools/vsh.c index 73ec007e56..38058c874a 100644 --- a/tools/vsh.c +++ b/tools/vsh.c @@ -3458,6 +3458,7 @@ cmdComplete(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd) const vshCmdOpt *opt = NULL; char **matches = NULL, **iter; virBuffer buf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER; + int n; if (vshCommandOptStringQuiet(ctl, cmd, "string", &arg) <= 0) goto cleanup; @@ -3493,8 +3494,11 @@ cmdComplete(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd) if (!(matches = vshReadlineCompletion(arg, 0, 0))) goto cleanup; - for (iter = matches; *iter; iter++) + for (n =0, iter = matches; *iter; iter++, n++) { + if (n == 0 && matches[1]) + continue; printf("%s\n", *iter); + } ret = true; cleanup: -- 2.15.1