Show HN: Forget bash, write your shell scripts in plain English
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Re: Show HN: Forget bash, write your shell scripts in plain English
#2Hey folks, a few days ago I wondered: Given all this LLM availability, why can’t I write shell scripts like this?
#!/usr/bin/env llmscript
Count all files in the current directory and its subdirectories
Group them by file extension
Print a summary showing the count for each extension
Sort the results by count in descending order
It generates a script and a test suite, and then it attempts to fix the script until it passes the tests.
It’s written in Go, but I hardly know Go, and used Cursor to generate most of it in a few hours. It works with Ollama and Claude, and I added support for OpenAI but haven’t tested it. You can also run it in Docker if you want to sandbox it.
Re: Show HN: Forget bash, write your shell scripts in plain English
#3Hey folks, a few days ago I wondered: Given all this LLM availability, why can’t I write shell scripts like this? #!/usr/bin/env llmscript Count all files in the current directory and its subdirectories Group them by file extension Print a summary showing the count for each extension Sort the results by count in descending order So I made it a reality in an evening an it kinda works: https://github.com/statico/llmscr…
> Given all this LLM availability, why can’t I write shell scripts like this?
Because it’s more optimal to generate the script once, then run it everywhere, even on resources constrained devices.
Re: Show HN: Forget bash, write your shell scripts in plain English
#4> Does this actually work? Yeah, somewhat! Could it create scripts that erase your drive? Maybe! Good luck!
Love the transparency lol.
Cool idea though! I imagine the "erase your hard drive" risk could be mitigated pretty well by adding an extra LLM step to double-check the generated script and explain each part of it (maybe add an `# explanatory comment` at the end of each line), and then an extra human step to confirm before executing the script.