tabcompletion does not show : Split-Path -Leaf

when I do tabcompletion in splitpath

PoSH>Split-Path -[tab]

Split-Path -Leaf is skipped and does not show up

PoSH>Split-Path $profile -Leaf
Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
PoSH>Split-Path -[tab]

can someone confirm ?

Greetings /\/\o\/\/

I believe that tab completion is providing the parameters from the default
parameter set

jim

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"/\/\o\/\/ [MVP]" <mow001@hotmail.NoSpam> wrote in message
news:Ol8ZmRZ6GHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> when I do tabcompletion in splitpath
>
> PoSH>Split-Path -[tab]
>
> Split-Path -Leaf is skipped and does not show up
>
> PoSH>Split-Path $profile -Leaf
> Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
> PoSH>Split-Path -[tab]
>
> can someone confirm ?
>
> Greetings /\/\o\/\/
>

If I understand correctly what "parameter set" means, it actually appears to
be working its way through all the parameter sets, one at a time. If I keep
hitting the tab key in MoW's example, I get the sequence shown below. (I
broke it up into separate lines to show that each line corresponds to a
separate parameter set in the output from "get-help split-path".)
That seems like a lot of tab keys just to get a parameter from the fourth
parameter set. And it doesn't seem to follow the Rule of Least Surprise.

-Path -LiteralPath -Parent -Resolve -Credential -Verbose -Debug -ErrorAction
-ErrorVariable -OutVariable -OutBuffer
-Path -LiteralPath -Qualifer -Resolve -Credential -Verbose -Debug
-Erroraction -ErrorVariable -OutVariable -OutBuffer
-Path -LiteralPath -NoQualifier -Resolve -Credential -Verbose -Debug
-Erroraction -ErrorVariable -OutVariable -OutBuffer
-Path -LiteralPath -Leaf -Resolve -Credential -Verbose -Debug -Erroraction
-ErrorVariable -OutVariable -OutBuffer
-Path -LiteralPath -Resolve -IsAbsolute -Credential -Verbose -Debug
-Erroraction -ErrorVariable -OutVariable -OutBuffer

"James Truher" wrote:

> I believe that tab completion is providing the parameters from the default
> parameter set
>
> jim
>
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> --
> James Truher [MSFT]
> Windows PowerShell Development
> Microsoft Corporation
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>
> "/\/\o\/\/ [MVP]" <mow001@hotmail.NoSpam> wrote in message
> news:Ol8ZmRZ6GHA.3452@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > when I do tabcompletion in splitpath
> >
> > PoSH>Split-Path -[tab]
> >
> > Split-Path -Leaf is skipped and does not show up
> >
> > PoSH>Split-Path $profile -Leaf
> > Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
> > PoSH>Split-Path -[tab]
> >
> > can someone confirm ?
> >
> > Greetings /\/\o\/\/
> >
>
>
>

"Jim Holbach" <JimHolbach@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:71E718AC-EDC1-490B-B05B-94B49BEDB704@microsoft.com...
> If I understand correctly what "parameter set" means, it actually appears
> to
> be working its way through all the parameter sets, one at a time.

Jim, this is brilliant. I never realized this!

To a newbie like me, it was very surprising to realize that was the behavior
of the tab expansion for cmdlets. Sorry if I was pedantic in my attempt to
explain my confusion.

But it seems to me to be more useful (and less surprising) if the list were
sorted and "uniqued" so that, for example, "split-path - [tab]" would walk
you thru the abbreviated list below instead of making you tab your way thru
all the "dupes" along the way? That's how I've modified my tab expansion
function anyway now that I realized what it was doing.

-Credential
-Debug
-ErrorAction
-ErrorVariable
-IsAbsolute
-Leaf
-LiteralPath
-NoQualifier
-OutBuffer
-OutVariable
-Parent
-Path
-Qualifier
-Resolve
-Verbose

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Jim Holbach

"Alex K. Angelopoulos [MVP]" wrote:

> "Jim Holbach" <JimHolbach@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:71E718AC-EDC1-490B-B05B-94B49BEDB704@microsoft.com...
> > If I understand correctly what "parameter set" means, it actually appears
> > to
> > be working its way through all the parameter sets, one at a time.
>
> Jim, this is brilliant. I never realized this!
>
>
>