orhunp OP t1_jbx1gd3 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 11:15 AM

#2,213,373

halp aims to help find the correct arguments for command-line tools by checking the predefined list of commonly used options/flags. Additionally, it provides a prompt for quick access to the manual page or cheat sheet of the given command.

GitHub: https://github.com/orhun/halp

Bloxxy213 t1_jbxw7fm wrote on March 12, 2023 at 4:00 PM

#2,214,576

So, like man?

sparr t1_jby7vh6 wrote on March 12, 2023 at 5:21 PM

#2,215,025

What I'd be looking for out of a program like this would be for it to figure out whether to use man or info or -h or -? Or --help or no option or ...

orhunp OP t1_jbykkix wrote on March 12, 2023 at 6:48 PM

#2,215,545

Replying to Bloxxy213 (#2,214,576)

Not quite.

> If you deal with command-line tools often, it might take some time to figure out how to get help or check the version of a particular command (especially when shell completions are not available). In that case, you might try the most-known flags such as -h and -v but unfortunately not all the command-line tools follow these conventions (either due to conflicts with other flags or they just use another form). Instead of brute-forcing manually into getting help, you can run halp <command> and it will check the common arguments by running the command and checking the exit code.