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@@ -7,4 +7,8 @@ Collection of scripts and functions to make my developer life easier.
 
 **bash/sshconnect.sh**  
 *TUI to display a list of servers with description.*
-<img src="resources/sshconnect.png" width="75%">
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+<img src="resources/sshconnect.png" width="75%">
+
+**bash/q_completion.sh**  
+*Add TAB completion to [q](https://github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-q-qload) for manipulating IBM MQ messages.*
+
diff --git a/bash/q_completion.sh b/bash/q_completion.sh
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@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Author: nils gerstner
+# Last revision: 09th oktober 2018
+# Version: 1.1
+# Description: this script enables tab complition for MQSeries Q Program by Paul Clarke.
+# Instructions: to use the script you have to source it '. q_completion.sh'.
+
+function _q_() {
+#    if [ -z "${PROSPECTIVE_MQSI_BASE_FILEPATH+MQSI_PROFILE_NOT_SET}" ]; then # environment is not initialized -> source profile
+#            echo you need to source your mqsiprofile to get completion
+#            return 1;
+#    else
+            QUEUEMANAGERS="$(dspmq |grep -oP "(?<=QMNAME[(])[^)]*(?=[)]\s*STATUS[(]Running[)])")"
+
+#    fi
+#    local cmd="${1##*/}"                    # gets the command that's being executed,
+                                             # this can be used if your completion function can handle multiple commands.
+    local line=${COMP_LINE}                 #The third, line, gets the entire command line that is being completed.
+#    local xpat='!*.foo'                     # The fourth variable, xpat, is our exclusion pattern,
+                                            # the same one used in the simple example above.
+    local word=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}    # The second, word, gets the word that is being completed,
+    local prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD -1]} # The second, word, gets the word that is being completed,
+                                             # this can be used if your completion strategy changes based on the word that's being expanded,
+                                             # it's also needed so that only matching values are returned.
+if [ ${COMP_CWORD} -eq 1 ] ; then
+    COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "-m" -- ${word}))
+else
+    case ${prev} in
+        -i | -I)
+            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "$(echo "dis qlocal(*)" | \
+                runmqsc ${COMP_WORDS[2]} |grep -a -o -P "(?<=QUEUE[(])[^)]*"| cat )" -- ${word}) )
+            ;;
+        -m)
+            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "$(dspmq |grep -oP "(?<=QMNAME[(])[^)]*(?=[)]\s*STATUS[(]Running[)])")" -- ${word}) )
+            ;;
+        -o | -O)
+            COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -W "$(echo "dis q(*) type" | \
+                runmqsc ${COMP_WORDS[2]} |grep -a -o -P "(?<=QUEUE[(])[^)]*(?=.*?TYPE[(]((QREMOTE)|(QALIAS)|(QLOCAL))[)])"| cat )" -- ${word}) )
+            ;;
+        -f | -F)
+            COMPREPLY=($(compgen -f -- "${word}"))
+            ;;
+		-M)
+        	COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W '"test"' -- "${word}"))
+        	;;
+      	*)
+        	qoptions=""
+        	extras=""
+        	options="-o; -O; -f; -F; -i; -I; -m; -L; -C; -gxm; -dd2; -dd3"
+        	IFS='; ' read -r -a array <<< "${options}"
+        for element in "${array[@]}"; do
+			if [ "$(echo "$line $extras" |grep -e "${element}" )" == "" ]; then
+            		qoptions=( "$qoptions $element " )
+         	fi
+        done
+        COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "${qoptions}" -- ${word}))
+        ;;
+    esac
+fi
+}
+
+complete -F _q_ q