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diff --git a/examples/modular_commands/__init__.py b/examples/modular_commands/__init__.py
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diff --git a/examples/modular_commands/commandset_basic.py b/examples/modular_commands/commandset_basic.py
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+# coding=utf-8
+"""
+A simple example demonstrating a loadable command set
+"""
+from typing import List
+
+from cmd2 import Cmd, Statement, with_category
+from cmd2.command_definition import CommandSet, with_default_category, register_command
+from cmd2.utils import CompletionError
+
+
+@register_command
+@with_category("AAA")
+def do_unbound(cmd: Cmd, statement: Statement):
+    """
+    This is an example of registering an unbound function
+    :param cmd:
+    :param statement:
+    :return:
+    """
+    cmd.poutput('Unbound Command: {}'.format(statement.args))
+
+
+@with_default_category('Basic Completion')
+class BasicCompletionCommandSet(CommandSet):
+    # List of strings used with completion functions
+    food_item_strs = ['Pizza', 'Ham', 'Ham Sandwich', 'Potato']
+    sport_item_strs = ['Bat', 'Basket', 'Basketball', 'Football', 'Space Ball']
+
+    # This data is used to demonstrate delimiter_complete
+    file_strs = \
+        [
+            '/home/user/file.db',
+            '/home/user/file space.db',
+            '/home/user/another.db',
+            '/home/other user/maps.db',
+            '/home/other user/tests.db'
+        ]
+
+    def do_flag_based(self, cmd: Cmd, statement: Statement):
+        """Tab completes arguments based on a preceding flag using flag_based_complete
+        -f, --food [completes food items]
+        -s, --sport [completes sports]
+        -p, --path [completes local file system paths]
+        """
+        cmd.poutput("Args: {}".format(statement.args))
+
+    def complete_flag_based(self, cmd: Cmd, text: str, line: str, begidx: int, endidx: int) -> List[str]:
+        """Completion function for do_flag_based"""
+        flag_dict = \
+            {
+                # Tab complete food items after -f and --food flags in command line
+                '-f': self.food_item_strs,
+                '--food': self.food_item_strs,
+
+                # Tab complete sport items after -s and --sport flags in command line
+                '-s': self.sport_item_strs,
+                '--sport': self.sport_item_strs,
+
+                # Tab complete using path_complete function after -p and --path flags in command line
+                '-p': cmd.path_complete,
+                '--path': cmd.path_complete,
+            }
+
+        return cmd.flag_based_complete(text, line, begidx, endidx, flag_dict=flag_dict)
+
+    def do_index_based(self, cmd: Cmd, statement: Statement):
+        """Tab completes first 3 arguments using index_based_complete"""
+        cmd.poutput("Args: {}".format(statement.args))
+
+    def complete_index_based(self, cmd: Cmd, text: str, line: str, begidx: int, endidx: int) -> List[str]:
+        """Completion function for do_index_based"""
+        index_dict = \
+            {
+                1: self.food_item_strs,  # Tab complete food items at index 1 in command line
+                2: self.sport_item_strs,  # Tab complete sport items at index 2 in command line
+                3: cmd.path_complete,  # Tab complete using path_complete function at index 3 in command line
+            }
+
+        return cmd.index_based_complete(text, line, begidx, endidx, index_dict=index_dict)
+
+    def do_delimiter_complete(self, cmd: Cmd, statement: Statement):
+        """Tab completes files from a list using delimiter_complete"""
+        cmd.poutput("Args: {}".format(statement.args))
+
+    def complete_delimiter_complete(self, cmd: Cmd, text: str, line: str, begidx: int, endidx: int) -> List[str]:
+        return cmd.delimiter_complete(text, line, begidx, endidx, match_against=self.file_strs, delimiter='/')
+
+    def do_raise_error(self, cmd: Cmd, statement: Statement):
+        """Demonstrates effect of raising CompletionError"""
+        cmd.poutput("Args: {}".format(statement.args))
+
+    def complete_raise_error(self, cmd: Cmd, text: str, line: str, begidx: int, endidx: int) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        CompletionErrors can be raised if an error occurs while tab completing.
+
+        Example use cases
+            - Reading a database to retrieve a tab completion data set failed
+            - A previous command line argument that determines the data set being completed is invalid
+        """
+        raise CompletionError("This is how a CompletionError behaves")
+
+    @with_category('Not Basic Completion')
+    def do_custom_category(self, cmd: Cmd, statement: Statement):
+        cmd.poutput('Demonstrates a command that bypasses the default category')
diff --git a/examples/modular_commands/commandset_custominit.py b/examples/modular_commands/commandset_custominit.py
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+# coding=utf-8
+"""
+A simple example demonstrating a loadable command set
+"""
+from cmd2 import Cmd, Statement, with_category
+from cmd2.command_definition import CommandSet, with_default_category, register_command
+
+
+@register_command
+@with_category("AAA")
+def do_another_command(cmd: Cmd, statement: Statement):
+    """
+    This is an example of registering an unbound function
+    :param cmd:
+    :param statement:
+    :return:
+    """
+    cmd.poutput('Another Unbound Command: {}'.format(statement.args))
+
+
+@with_default_category('Custom Init')
+class CustomInitCommandSet(CommandSet):
+    def __init__(self, arg1, arg2):
+        super().__init__()
+
+        self._arg1 = arg1
+        self._arg2 = arg2
+
+    def do_show_arg1(self, cmd: Cmd, _: Statement):
+        cmd.poutput('Arg1: ' + self._arg1)
+
+    def do_show_arg2(self, cmd: Cmd, _: Statement):
+        cmd.poutput('Arg2: ' + self._arg2)