quake-bash-launcher

A bash completion to help when launching games directly from the shell command line.

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The lsmaps helper that is used internally can also be useful on its own, mostly for searching map titles:

Code:
$ lsmaps -t **/{maps/*.bsp,*.pak} | grep -i castle
copper/maps/avix_qcastle: Quad Lake Castle
xj19/maps/xj19_maxx: Coldwind Castle
cda/pak0.pak/maps/cda: 'Castle of The Dark Ages' by JPLambert
id1/pak0.pak/maps/e1m2: Castle of the Damned
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Release Date
Feb 27, 2026
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Latest updates

  1. v0.4

    Fixed a regression (from v0.3) where a trailing slash would be appended when completing a...
  2. v0.3

    Support gamedirs with spaces in the name.
  3. v0.2

    Fixed a couple of bugs in +map completion that were only happening when multiple -game options...

Latest reviews

Not a total game changer but very useful for those of us running Quake on Linux and start the game from the command line. The 'lsmaps' utility on it's own is worth the download even if you don't use the command line completion feature.