Mark has published several posts on the new Directory Server
Enterprise Edition CLI: dsadm, dsconf for Directory Server and dpadm,
dpconf for Directory Proxy Server [1][2][3][4][5].
Here’s a little trick to facilitate the use of the command line utilities, at least when using /bin/bash.
The dsconf –help list all available sub-commands, plus a few messages. The first command extract the list of sub-commands and store it in a variable.
ludo:bin > DSC=`dsconf --help | cut -d' ' -f1 | grep -v '^-' | grep -- '-'`
Then we define the list of words to use for completion for the dsconf tool.
ludo:bin > complete -W "`echo $DSC`" dsconf
And we checked that we have a proper completion wordlist for the command.
ludo:bin > complete -p dsconf
complete -W 'accord-repl-agmt change-repl-dest create-encrypted-attr
create-index create-plugin create-repl-agmt create-repl-priority
create-suffix delete-encrypted-attr delete-index delete-plugin
delete-repl-agmt delete-repl-priority delete-suffix demote-repl
disable-plugin disable-repl disable-repl-agmt enable-plugin enable-repl
enable-repl-agmt get-index-prop get-log-prop get-plugin-prop
get-repl-agmt-prop get-server-prop get-suffix-prop help-properties
init-repl-dest list-encrypted-attrs list-indexes list-plugins
list-repl-agmts list-repl-priorities list-suffixes promote-repl
pwd-compat rotate-log-now set-index-prop set-log-prop set-plugin-prop
set-repl-agmt-prop set-server-prop set-suffix-prop
show-repl-agmt-status show-task-status update-repl-dest-now' dsconf
Use is very simple: type a few characters, hit the [TAB] key, and the command will complete if possible. Hitting [TAB][TAB] will show all available possibilities.
ludo:bin > dsconf create-[TAB][TAB]
create-encrypted-attr create-plugin create-repl-priority
create-index create-repl-agmt create-suffix
ludo:bin > dsconf create-
The same commands can also work for Directory Proxy Server’s tool: dpconf.
ludo:bin > DPC=`dpconf --help | cut -d' ' -f1 | grep -v '^-' | grep -- '-'`
ludo:bin > complete -W "`echo $DPC`" dpconf
ludo:bin > complete -p dpconf
complete -W 'add-jdbc-attr add-virtual-transformation
attach-jdbc-data-source attach-ldap-data-source
create-connection-handler create-custom-search-size-limit
create-jdbc-data-source create-jdbc-data-source-pool
create-jdbc-data-view create-jdbc-object-class create-jdbc-table
create-join-data-view create-ldap-data-source
create-ldap-data-source-pool create-ldap-data-view
create-ldif-data-view create-request-filtering-policy
create-resource-limits-policy create-search-data-hiding-rule
create-user-mapping delete-connection-handler
delete-custom-search-size-limit delete-jdbc-data-source
delete-jdbc-data-source-pool delete-jdbc-data-view
delete-jdbc-object-class delete-jdbc-table delete-join-data-view
delete-ldap-data-source delete-ldap-data-source-pool
delete-ldap-data-view delete-ldif-data-view
delete-request-filtering-policy delete-resource-limits-policy
delete-search-data-hiding-rule delete-user-mapping
detach-jdbc-data-source detach-ldap-data-source get-access-log-prop
get-attached-ldap-data-source-prop get-connection-handler-prop
get-custom-search-size-limit-prop get-error-log-prop get-jdbc-attr-prop
get-jdbc-data-source-pool-prop get-jdbc-data-source-prop
get-jdbc-data-view-prop get-jdbc-object-class-prop get-jdbc-table-prop
get-join-data-view-prop get-ldap-data-source-pool-prop
get-ldap-data-source-prop get-ldap-data-view-prop
get-ldap-listener-prop get-ldaps-listener-prop get-ldif-data-view-prop
get-request-filtering-policy-prop get-resource-limits-policy-prop
get-search-data-hiding-rule-prop get-server-prop get-user-mapping-prop
get-virtual-aci-prop get-virtual-transformation-prop help-properties
list-attached-jdbc-data-sources list-attached-ldap-data-sources
list-connection-handlers list-custom-search-size-limits list-jdbc-attrs
list-jdbc-data-source-pools list-jdbc-data-sources list-jdbc-data-views
list-jdbc-object-classes list-jdbc-tables list-join-data-views
list-ldap-data-source-pools list-ldap-data-sources list-ldap-data-views
list-ldif-data-views list-request-filtering-policies
list-resource-limits-policies list-search-data-hiding-rules
list-user-mappings list-virtual-transformations remove-jdbc-attr
remove-virtual-transformation rotate-log-now set-access-log-prop
set-attached-ldap-data-source-prop set-connection-handler-prop
set-custom-search-size-limit-prop set-error-log-prop set-jdbc-attr-prop
set-jdbc-data-source-pool-prop set-jdbc-data-source-prop
set-jdbc-data-view-prop set-jdbc-object-class-prop set-jdbc-table-prop
set-join-data-view-prop set-ldap-data-source-pool-prop
set-ldap-data-source-prop set-ldap-data-view-prop
set-ldap-listener-prop set-ldaps-listener-prop set-ldif-data-view-prop
set-request-filtering-policy-prop set-resource-limits-policy-prop
set-search-data-hiding-rule-prop set-server-prop set-user-mapping-prop
set-virtual-aci-prop set-virtual-transformation-prop' dpconf
ludo:bin > dpconf set-ldap[TAB][TAB]
set-ldap-data-source-pool-prop set-ldap-listener-prop
set-ldap-data-source-prop set-ldaps-listener-prop
set-ldap-data-view-prop
ludo:bin > dpconf set-ldap
Add the 4 lines below to your .bashrc to have the completion available in your shells and terminals:
DSC=`dsconf --help | cut -d' ' -f1 | grep -v '^-' | grep -- '-'`
complete -W "`echo $DSC`" dsconf
DPC=`dpconf --help | cut -d' ' -f1 | grep -v '^-' | grep -- '-'`
complete -W "`echo $DPC`" dpconf
Of course, similar commands could be used for dsadm and dpadm as well.
My boss Steve Shoaff, Director of Engineering for Directory, and 
Ludo Sketches 