#compdef sysctl case $OSTYPE in freebsd[5-9].*|freebsd4.[4-9]*) local -a sysctlvars sysctlvars=( $(sysctl -aN) ) _arguments -s -A "-*" \ '(*)-a[list all]' \ '-b[binary output]' \ '(-n)-N[show only variable names]' \ '(-N)-n[show only variable values]' \ '(-x)-o[show opaques as well (values suppressed)]' \ '(-o)-x[show opaques as well (entire values)]' \ '(-a)*:sysctl variable:_multi_parts -i . sysctlvars' ;; freebsd[0-4].*|darwin*) : ${(A)_cache_sysctlvars:=${${$(sysctl -A 2>/dev/null):#[^a-z]*}%%:*}} _arguments -s -A "-*" \ '(-w -X *)-a[list all]' \ '(-w -X *)-A[show all opaques (values suppressed)]' \ '(-w)-b[binary output]' \ '(-w)-n[show only variable values]' \ '(-a -A -b -n -X)-w[write mode]' \ '(-a -A -w *)-X[show all opaques (entire values)]' \ '(-a -A -X)*:sysctl variable:_multi_parts ${words[(r)-w]:+-S=} -i . _cache_sysctlvars' ;; linux*) _arguments -A "-*" \ '-n[show only variable values]' \ '(-n -p -a -A)-w[write mode]' \ '(-n -w -a -A *)-p[specify file to load sysctl settings from]:file:_files' \ '(-n -w -p -A *)-a[list all]' \ '(-n -w -p -a *)-A[list all in table form]' \ '(-n -p -a -A)*:sysctl variable:_files -W /proc/sys' ;; openbsd*) : ${(A)_cache_sysctlvars:=${${(f)"$(sysctl -a)"}%% *}} _arguments -s -A "-*" \ '(-w -A *)-a[list all string and integer variables]' \ '(-w -a *)-A[list all known variables]' \ '(-w)-n[show only values]' \ '(-a -A -n)-w[write variable]' \ '(-a -A)*:sysctl variable:_multi_parts ${words[(r)-w]:+-S=} -i . _cache_sysctlvars' ;; esac