From d25b2b2fa51631ff324fc296b925f896c7fdad5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 01:10:30 +0200
Subject: bash-complete basic list search patterns

---
 completions/bash/apt | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/completions/bash/apt b/completions/bash/apt
index c249f97b1..571c6663b 100644
--- a/completions/bash/apt
+++ b/completions/bash/apt
@@ -187,7 +187,26 @@ _apt()
                 fi
                 return 0
                 ;;
-            show|list|download|changelog|depends|rdepends|why-not)
+            list)
+                if [[ $cur == ?(\\)\?* ]]; then
+                    compopt -o filenames  # escape to avoid ? filename matches
+                    COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -P '?' -W '
+                        automatic
+                        broken
+                        config-files
+                        essential
+                        garbage
+                        installed
+                        obsolete
+                        phasing
+                        security
+                        upgradable
+                        virtual
+                    ' -- "${cur#?(\\)\?}" ) )
+                    return 0
+                fi
+                ;&
+            show|download|changelog|depends|rdepends|why-not)
                 COMPREPLY=( $( apt-cache --no-generate pkgnames "$cur" \
                     2> /dev/null ) )
                 return 0
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