diff --git a/shell-completion/hledger-completion.sh b/shell-completion/hledger-completion.sh
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--- a/shell-completion/hledger-completion.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-# Completion script for hledger.
-# Created using a Makefile and real hledger.
-
-#set -eo pipefail
-
-completeFunction() {
-    declare cmd=$1
-    declare wordToComplete=$2
-    declare precedingWord=$3
-
-    declare subcommand
-    for subcommand in "${COMP_WORDS[@]}"; do
-	if grep -Fxq "$subcommand" commands.txt; then
-	    #declare -a options
-	    #readarray -t options <(grep "^$wordToComplete" "$subcommand-options.txt")
-	    #COMPREPLY+=( "${options[@]}" )
-	    COMPREPLY+=( $(cat "$subcommand-options.txt" | grep "^$wordToComplete") )
-	    break
-	fi
-	subcommand=
-    done
-
-    if [[ -z $subcommand ]]; then
-
-	# echo;echo no subcommand
-
-	case $precedingWord in
-	    -f|--file|--rules-file)
-		# COMPREPLY+=( $(compgen -df | grep "^$wordToComplete") )
-		:
-		;;
-	    *)
-		# echo "completing sub commands and general options"
-		COMPREPLY+=( $(cat commands.txt generic-options.txt | grep "^$wordToComplete") )
-		;;
-	esac
-
-    else
-	:
-	# echo;echo subcommand is $subcommand
-
-	# if grep -Eqv '\b(register|reg|r)\b' <<< "$COMP_LINE"; then
-	#     return
-	# fi
-	# case $precedingWord in
-	    # register|reg|r) : ;;
-	    # *) return 1 ;;
-	# esac
-
-	declare journalFile
-	# TODO try to get file from -f --file first
-	if [[ -n $HLEDGER_FILE ]]; then
-	    journalFile=$HLEDGER_FILE
-	else
-	    journalFile=~/.hledger.journal
-	fi
-	COMP_WORDBREAKS=' '
-	COMPREPLY+=( $(sed -rn 's/^ +([-_:a-zA-Z0-9]+).*/\1/p' "$journalFile" | grep "^$wordToComplete") )
-
-    fi
-
-}
-
-complete -F completeFunction hledger