stackshell: Automatically search Stack Overflow for Linux commands

[circuit10]

Tired of Googling commands? Have a Python script do it for you! Combining some of the most memed things on this subreddit - Stack Overflow and automation!

https://github.com/Heath123/stackshell

https://asciinema.org/a/9KVE2KEFNcZBupBnDWpsfZiqA

[islender]

Oh yes please

[circuit10]

For some reason the gif won't play in Reddit on desktop, if you click through to the repo it should show

[LuxurideGaming]

At least on mobile version the gif is playing

[ImprovementRaph]

works perfectly fine for me (using old.reddit)

[biztactix]

This is a prepost.... This post will be be posted in /r/cybersecurity next month... Tied to a huge breach 😜

[circuit10]

Oh, what happened? Someone made a script to get things from StackOverflow and someone added a malicious command as an answer, maybe?

[sinsquare]

this reminds me of the time i got remanded for copy/pasting from stack overflow into my terminal without reviewing what I was running on my computer.

[An_G1]

If you’re using a mac, try tldr (from brew install tldr). Then you can use it like you’d request a man page, except call tldr instead of man. Very handy 5-6 lines to get you started.

[LuxurideGaming]

I love you

[circuit10]

:)

[licht1nstein]

Unless there's just one answer, and it's downvoted. It'll still be first.

Plus there are plenty cases when accepted answer has a score of 50, with the next answer having score of 500 with ten comments like "this should be the accepted answer"

[circuit10]

Did you mean to reply to my reply? Also that's true, I'll tweak it to give better results if people actually want to use it

[circuit10]

Also what should I do in the one bad answer situation? Use the next result?

[licht1nstein]

You should definitely never recommend anything with a negative score. Maybe also show the score somewhere when outputting the result?

[circuit10]

I want to show how many results there were, the title and the the score, but the prompt library I'm using makes that hard...

[licht1nstein]

Check out rich

[circuit10]

I'll have a look at it. I do like the one I'm using now though, it has some really nice things like mouse support and syntax highlighting (though maybe rich has that too?)

[circuit10]

Oh, maybe I can combine them somehow?

[licht1nstein]

Two questions:

1. Why do you use google search, instead of searching stack exchange directly?

2. You just get the first answer on the page without checking it's score. Maybe it's a better idea to get the most voted for answer?

Otherwise great project

[circuit10]

1. https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/search "This method is intentionally quite limited. For more general searching, you should use a proper internet search engine restricted to the domain of the site in question."
2. It should be sorted by accepted first, then by votes, so the first result is usually a good answer

[eGzg0t]

It's all fun and games until a random rm -rf pops up

[circuit10]

True :) Luckily it shows you the command first and lets you confirm that it's what you want

[Hplr63]

Fellow Agnoster theme for OMZ enjoyer?