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+// stdlib shows how to have flags bash completion to an arbitrary Go program that uses the standard
+// library flag package.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/posener/complete"
+)
+
+var (
+	// Add variables to the program.
+	name      = flag.String("name", "", "Give your name")
+	something = flag.String("something", "", "Expect somthing, but we don't know what, so no other completion options will be provided.")
+	nothing   = flag.String("nothing", "", "Expect nothing after flag, so other completion can be provided.")
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// Run the completion. Notice that since we are using standard library flags, only the flag
+	// names will be completed and not their values.
+	complete.CommandLine("stdlib")
+
+	// Parse the flags.
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	// Program logic.
+	if *name == "" {
+		fmt.Println("Your name is missing")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("Hi,", name)
+}