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.. admonition:: Bash version compatibility

When using bash, global completion requires bash support for ``complete -D``, which was introduced in bash 4.2. Since
Mac OS ships with an outdated version of Bash (3.2), you can either use zsh or install a newer version of bash using
`Homebrew <http://brew.sh/>`_ (``brew install bash`` - you will also need to add ``/opt/homebrew/bin/bash`` to
macOS ships with an outdated version of Bash (3.2), you can either use zsh or install a newer version of bash using
`Homebrew <http://brew.sh/>`_ (``brew install bash`` - you will also need to add ``$(brew --prefix)/bin/bash`` to
``/etc/shells``, and run ``chsh`` to change your shell). You can check the version of the running copy of bash with
``echo $BASH_VERSION``.

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Support for other shells
------------------------
Argcomplete maintainers provide support only for the bash and zsh shells on Linux and MacOS. For resources related to
Argcomplete maintainers provide support only for the bash and zsh shells on Linux and macOS. For resources related to
other shells and platforms, including fish, tcsh, xonsh, powershell, and Windows, please see the
`contrib <https://github.com/kislyuk/argcomplete/tree/develop/contrib>`_ directory.

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