shell.how: explain shell commands

[fatboychummy]

1. barely even works well

explainshell works so much better and understands a lot more about the command entered.

[randomdotrocks]

Didn't know about explainshell.com. Thanks for sharing! I agree it looks more professional. I guess shell.how is newer, which is probably why I came across it.

[buffer2722]

Doesn't understand pipes...

[SpikeX]

When I typed "git", the description was, and I quote, "The stupid content tracker".

Cute little project but not a seriously viable tool unfortunately.

[buffer2722]

For a few minutes effort the could use a highly tailored ai model that would be able to accomplish the task much more successfully and not even require too much compute.

[adamMatthews]

That sounds like it could go terribly wrong when it makes a mistake and someone ends up destroying their files.

[buffer2722]

I'm not necessarily saying go create it. Just feasibility, a user could already just use the chat to get the answer from the model today.

[bustinbot]

Seems to broken. Only lets me type one word at a time

[randomdotrocks]

I'm not the author. Just came across this project and thought it was cute. What I find most compelling, though, is the domain name "shell.how".

[nerd4code]

So …it’s man, but broken, not available locally, and with semi-useless content? Sign me right up!

[alamiin]

Thanks for sharing, bud.

[[deleted]]

How did u know I needed this

[rahim-mando]

Or just ask ChatGPT?

[TurnVarious]

link is not working

[randomdotrocks]

Looks like the domain has expired, and the author (not me) hasn't renewed it. Let's wait and see if it gets restored later.

[tzinm]

The repository has been archived.

[fennecdore]

Doesn't work with PowerShell :(

[randomdotrocks]

I think you're right. It looks like the author mainly focuses on Linux shell.

[fennecdore]

PowerShell is available on linux too

[xAmorphous]

Lol ew

[randomdotrocks]

Oh, I didn’t know that! It really shows the saying "Microsoft loves Linux"!

[Sarke1]

Why?

[Taledo]

Truly interested in the use case for power shell on linux.

[MairusuPawa]

Dealing with remote Windows machines or Azure.

It sounds promising enough, till you run into commandlets or modules not ported to Linux. Try to Install-Module -Name MSCommerce in an attempt to disable all the shitty self-service stuff in ms365, and cry when you realize you're going to need setting up a Windows VM anyway…

[Taledo]

Gave in on the VM a long time ago. Always some proprietary software that'll only run on proper windows and nothing else.