ExpressVPN Bash Completion for expressvpnctl

Bash completion for Linux (Bash 4+), targeting the ExpressVPN CLI executable expressvpnctl.

For ExpressVPN client versions up to 3, Bash completions were included.

Created and tested against ExpressVPN client expressvpnctl version 5.0.1+11498.

Features

• Completes top-level commands and global flags from expressvpnctl --help.
• Completes set, get, and monitor subtypes and enum values.
• Dynamically completes available regions at tab time via expressvpnctl get regions.
• Supports connect and set region with dynamic regions and smart.
• Completes file arguments for login and split-tunnel app rules.

Installation (System-wide)

1. Copy the completion file to the system bash-completion directory:

   sudo install -m 0644 expressvpnctl /etc/bash_completion.d/expressvpnctl

2. Start a new shell session (or source /etc/bash_completion).

Installation (User-only)

1. Ensure the user completions directory exists:

   mkdir -p ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions

2. Copy the completion file:

   install -m 0644 expressvpnctl ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/expressvpnctl

3. Start a new shell session (or source ~/.bashrc if it loads bash-completion).