GPT-3 Powered Shell
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shell command generator
SHOW HN2022
308points
111comments
#132of 2,570 in 2022
Top 6%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
13 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 12 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 against
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What people liked
Useful for remembering rarely used commands like ffmpeg and tar
From 4 comments
The killer app for LLMs will finally be able to write ffmpeg invocations
krackers on HNOr enter a valid tar command on first try.
skocznymroczny on HNI believe that you should be able to do basic CLI at least, but for rarely used commands or some incredibly complex one like ffmpeg, having an AI to do it is the way to go.
linhns on HNSeems very useful. Even as a very long-time user of the CLI, there are times I'll need to google how to do something, either because I forgot how, or I simply never knew. But…
jchw on HN
Objections
Risk of dangerous commands running, especially for beginners
From 3 comments
It seems like the use case is for folks who might be noobs and in that regard I’d argue this tool is significantly dangerous. The user could accept a command that removes all…
pixel_tracing on HNIf you wanted to wash your hands of the Bad Things this might do, I would put a disclaimer somewhere on the site and on the tool's output. Something along the lines of "Running…
mshake2 on HNIt's this a path where something could go terribly wrong, as GPT-3 does make mistakes?
DotaFan on HN
Removes learning and fun from using the command line
From 3 comments
Half of the fun of using cli is using it with your own knowledge imo. Using GPT3 makes it feel like I may as well use some GUI tool. I understand gpt3 will/does save time and…
pleb_nz on HNI for one agree with pleb_nz, its kind of like replacing CLI with GUI. Thank you, but no thanks! To me writing custom bash script or "kill -9 $(lsof -t /dev/nvidia0)" is much…
tux on HNJust like driving a manual-transmission car, part of fun is in the doing. Further, though, part of the doing makes it practical: engagement while driving is a good thing. How, if…
ultrarunner on HN
Generated commands can be wrong or not match the request
From 2 comments
Not so convincing if even the most basic example does not work completely. The Git example video/gif fails to push because it creates a repository with branch main and wants to…
Calzifer on HNActually by using something like GPT3 you are kind of doing copy-and-paste in a way, because you are given pre-defined set of commands without ability to modify its arguments. It…
tux on HN
Requests
Add a disclaimer and confirm commands before running
From 2 comments
If you wanted to wash your hands of the Bad Things this might do, I would put a disclaimer somewhere on the site and on the tool's output. Something along the lines of "Running…
mshake2 on HNThe Fig CLI has this feature! And lets you confirm commands before they run. They are also a pretty cool company, and the tool does much more (like letting you share secrets with…
khalidx on HN
Support for open-source local models instead of paid API
From 2 comments
It is a shame that OpenAI charges a variable fee for using its API. Ideally I'd like to have a similar model running on my own server and have this tool pinging it instead.
gtsnexp on HNPretty cool! Does anyone know how open-source alternatives like GPT-J compare to ChatGPT? I've heard that it's comparable to GPT-3, but nothing close to GPT-3.5. I'd much prefer…
zaidhaan on HN
Questions
How does it call ChatGPT without an API
From 1 comment
My first reaction was, wait how do you use ChatGPT programmatically when it doesn't have an API available yet? I looked into the code and it looks like this uses some kind of…
radarsat1 on HN
Alternatives named
Fig CLI
From 1 comment
The Fig CLI has this feature! And lets you confirm commands before they run. They are also a pretty cool company, and the tool does much more (like letting you share secrets with…
khalidx on HN
terminal-copilot
From 1 comment
I use a similar one, https://github.com/Methexis-Inc/terminal-copilot.
stared on HN
tldr
From 2 comments
I kind of agree, use the terminal a lot and am satisfied whenever I don’t need to look up a command. However, the point of it isn’t knowing as much of it by heart as possible.…
diarrhea on HNVery cool idea. I love and highly recommend tldr (https://tldr.sh/). I might give this a shot someday (though I've found I never stick with things that don't work primarily…
breck on HN