Pretty cool. A small detail, I'd prefer if the command was shorter.
alias it?
I don't know why that made me laugh out loud, but it did.
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#12So the "Terms of Service & Privacy" link doesn't work, and apparently it's a paid subscription service but you don't find that out until you've signed up and tried activating an API key? I'm sure these are just oversights but it leaves a very bad taste in my mouth!
I’ll save some clicking: $4/month. But, yeah, not idea what TOS or privacy policy is.
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#14I think these ML systems make for pretty good search engines. They're still bad at creating original coherent texts though.
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#15This used to be called "man".
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#16And here's a command that tries to fix up a mistake after you type it. Like this one, it's also named like what you might say afterwards. https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
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#17Looks nice; how does it work under the hood? It looks like it needs an API key, so does that mean it sends all my inputs to some server? Does it taylor the answer based on your OS, like using Hombrew on Mac and apt on Ubuntu? Can it work offline?
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#18Some people seem to be unaware of apropos too (old text based cli tool).
$ apropos network
interfaces (5) - network interface configuration for ifup and ifdown
aseqnet (1) - ALSA sequencer connectors over network
byteorder (3) - convert values between host and network byte order
ctstat (8) - unified linux network statisticsRe: Show HN: Oh-heck, a terminal command for when you forget other terminal commands
#19This used to be called "man".
Agreed, especially when preceded by "apropos".
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#20This used to be called "man".
apropos first then man second.