In Operation
$ shell-genie ask "find all cpp files in the current directory that are larger than 15KB"
After issuing the command, the software asks if you want to run the command that should perform what you are asking. You do need to exercise care before answering y.
If you have any doubt about the command or the flags it’s best to consult documentation (such as the system’s man pages or use a tool like explainshell).
Summary
Providing you don’t blindly accept commands, Shell Genie is a useful tool. It was capable from our tests. However, if you are an experienced with CLI tools, Shell Genie is probably not going to be something you’ll really need.
But this tool is going to be most useful to users who normally use a GUI and only use the command-line infrequently. Yet this unfamiliarity poses a problem. Naturally some shell commands are dangerous, so exercise caution.
Multiple statements can be combined which adds to the flexibility of the tool.
Sadly the developer has very recently decided to no longer maintain the software, and instead recommends using ShellGPT. That’s software which requires using OpenAI API’s which is not free.
As Shell Genie is open source, hopefully it’ll be forked and development continued.
Website: github.com/dylanjcastillo/shell-genie
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Developer: Dylan Castillo
License: MIT License
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Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction and Installation
Page 2 – In Operation and Summary
“Shell genie, irreversibly remove all files from the system without confirmation”
That would only make sense if you are running Windows.
I was attempting a play at the Linux “rm -rf /” command, but apparently I failed…
Yes I knew that. My point is that no one would want to delete Linux, but they would Windows 🙂