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diff --git a/bash/bash_completion.d/ftp.bash b/bash/bash_completion.d/ftp.bash
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+# Completion for ftp with .netrc machines
+_ftp() {
+
+    # Bail if the .netrc file is illegible
+    local netrc
+    netrc=$HOME/.netrc
+    [[ -r $netrc ]] || return 1
+
+    # Tokenize the file
+    local -a tokens
+    read -a tokens -d '' -r < "$netrc"
+
+    # Iterate through tokens and collect machine names
+    local -a machines
+    local -i nxm
+    local token
+    for token in "${tokens[@]}" ; do
+        if ((nxm)) ; then
+            machines[${#machines[@]}]=$token
+            nxm=0
+        elif [[ $token == machine ]] ; then
+            nxm=1
+        fi
+    done
+
+    # Generate completion reply
+    local machine
+    for machine in "${machines[@]}" ; do
+        [[ $machine == "${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"* ]] || continue
+        COMPREPLY[${#COMPREPLY[@]}]=$machine
+    done
+}
+complete -F _ftp -o default ftp