How to show 'similar' commands when you forget the exact command [duplicate]
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If I get this:
No command 'pdf' found, but there are 16 similar ones
pdf: command not found
How do I see the 16 similar commands?
bash gnome-terminal
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If I get this:
No command 'pdf' found, but there are 16 similar ones
pdf: command not found
How do I see the 16 similar commands?
bash gnome-terminal
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If I get this:
No command 'pdf' found, but there are 16 similar ones
pdf: command not found
How do I see the 16 similar commands?
bash gnome-terminal
asked Dec 6 at 19:00
Neil
1161
This question already has an answer here:
Any way to list similar commands?
2 answers
If I get this:
No command 'pdf' found, but there are 16 similar ones
pdf: command not found
How do I see the 16 similar commands?
This question already has an answer here:
Any way to list similar commands?
2 answers
bash gnome-terminal
bash gnome-terminal
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This has been asked before (although perhaps not directly answered): Any way to list similar commands?
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– steeldriver
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This has been asked before (although perhaps not directly answered): Any way to list similar commands?
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If you know part of the command's name you could try apropos, e.g., in your case
apropos pdf
edited Dec 7 at 5:15
pomsky
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answered Dec 6 at 22:11
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You can use ctrl+r and start typing your command. If used it earlier it will show you. A good trick to save a lot time.
edited Dec 7 at 5:16
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answered Dec 6 at 21:59
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As hinted at in this previous answer Any way to list similar commands? the way to get at them seems to be to execute the spelling_suggestions method from the CommandNotFound python module directly, and then call print_spelling_suggestions with a suitably large value of its max_alt parameter in place of the default value 15:
$ python3 -c '
import sys
from CommandNotFound import CommandNotFound
cmd = sys.argv[1]
cnf = CommandNotFound.CommandNotFound()
cnf.print_spelling_suggestions(cmd,cnf.spelling_suggestions(cmd),,100)
' pdf
Command 'pdf' not found, did you mean:
command 'sdf' from deb sdf
command 'puf' from deb puf
command 'pydf' from deb pydf
command 'pdv' from deb alliance
command 'psf' from deb tcm
command 'pdl' from deb pdl
command 'xpdf' from deb xpdf
command 'wdf' from deb wit
command 'kdf' from deb kdf
command 'df' from deb coreutils
command 'pdd' from deb pdd
command 'pda' from deb speech-tools
command 'qpdf' from deb qpdf
command 'p0f' from deb p0f
command 'paf' from deb libpod-abstract-perl
command 'pd' from deb puredata-core
command 'pdb' from deb python
Try: sudo apt install <deb name>
answered Dec 7 at 2:34
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If you only want the recommended cmd in your terminal,
I recommend this application:
https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
You can install it by pip3:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools
sudo pip3 install thefuck
And config it as you like in files like .bashrc for your shell:
eval $(thefuck --alias)
# You can use whatever you want as an alias, like for Mondays:
eval $(thefuck --alias FUCK)
Besides, commands combo like history | grep pdf can also work if you have executed the right command before.
answered Dec 7 at 3:45
Denny
11
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4 Answers
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If you know part of the command's name you could try apropos, e.g., in your case
apropos pdf
edited Dec 7 at 5:15
pomsky
28.2k1185112
answered Dec 6 at 22:11
Richard Quint
170211
add a comment |
If you know part of the command's name you could try apropos, e.g., in your case
apropos pdf
edited Dec 7 at 5:15
pomsky
28.2k1185112
answered Dec 6 at 22:11
Richard Quint
170211
add a comment |
If you know part of the command's name you could try apropos, e.g., in your case
apropos pdf
edited Dec 7 at 5:15
pomsky
28.2k1185112
answered Dec 6 at 22:11
Richard Quint
170211
If you know part of the command's name you could try apropos, e.g., in your case
apropos pdf
edited Dec 7 at 5:15
pomsky
28.2k1185112
answered Dec 6 at 22:11
Richard Quint
170211
edited Dec 7 at 5:15
pomsky
28.2k1185112
edited Dec 7 at 5:15
pomsky
28.2k1185112
edited Dec 7 at 5:15
pomsky
28.2k1185112
28.2k1185112
answered Dec 6 at 22:11
Richard Quint
170211
answered Dec 6 at 22:11
Richard Quint
170211
answered Dec 6 at 22:11
Richard Quint
170211
170211
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add a comment |
You can use ctrl+r and start typing your command. If used it earlier it will show you. A good trick to save a lot time.
edited Dec 7 at 5:16
pomsky
28.2k1185112
answered Dec 6 at 21:59
Sakib Farhad
111
add a comment |
You can use ctrl+r and start typing your command. If used it earlier it will show you. A good trick to save a lot time.
edited Dec 7 at 5:16
pomsky
28.2k1185112
answered Dec 6 at 21:59
Sakib Farhad
111
add a comment |
You can use ctrl+r and start typing your command. If used it earlier it will show you. A good trick to save a lot time.
edited Dec 7 at 5:16
pomsky
28.2k1185112
answered Dec 6 at 21:59
Sakib Farhad
111
You can use ctrl+r and start typing your command. If used it earlier it will show you. A good trick to save a lot time.
edited Dec 7 at 5:16
pomsky
28.2k1185112
answered Dec 6 at 21:59
Sakib Farhad
111
edited Dec 7 at 5:16
pomsky
28.2k1185112
edited Dec 7 at 5:16
pomsky
28.2k1185112
edited Dec 7 at 5:16
pomsky
28.2k1185112
28.2k1185112
answered Dec 6 at 21:59
Sakib Farhad
111
answered Dec 6 at 21:59
Sakib Farhad
111
answered Dec 6 at 21:59
Sakib Farhad
111
111
add a comment |
add a comment |
As hinted at in this previous answer Any way to list similar commands? the way to get at them seems to be to execute the spelling_suggestions method from the CommandNotFound python module directly, and then call print_spelling_suggestions with a suitably large value of its max_alt parameter in place of the default value 15:
$ python3 -c '
import sys
from CommandNotFound import CommandNotFound
cmd = sys.argv[1]
cnf = CommandNotFound.CommandNotFound()
cnf.print_spelling_suggestions(cmd,cnf.spelling_suggestions(cmd),,100)
' pdf
Command 'pdf' not found, did you mean:
command 'sdf' from deb sdf
command 'puf' from deb puf
command 'pydf' from deb pydf
command 'pdv' from deb alliance
command 'psf' from deb tcm
command 'pdl' from deb pdl
command 'xpdf' from deb xpdf
command 'wdf' from deb wit
command 'kdf' from deb kdf
command 'df' from deb coreutils
command 'pdd' from deb pdd
command 'pda' from deb speech-tools
command 'qpdf' from deb qpdf
command 'p0f' from deb p0f
command 'paf' from deb libpod-abstract-perl
command 'pd' from deb puredata-core
command 'pdb' from deb python
Try: sudo apt install <deb name>
answered Dec 7 at 2:34
steeldriver
65.4k11104176
add a comment |
As hinted at in this previous answer Any way to list similar commands? the way to get at them seems to be to execute the spelling_suggestions method from the CommandNotFound python module directly, and then call print_spelling_suggestions with a suitably large value of its max_alt parameter in place of the default value 15:
$ python3 -c '
import sys
from CommandNotFound import CommandNotFound
cmd = sys.argv[1]
cnf = CommandNotFound.CommandNotFound()
cnf.print_spelling_suggestions(cmd,cnf.spelling_suggestions(cmd),,100)
' pdf
Command 'pdf' not found, did you mean:
command 'sdf' from deb sdf
command 'puf' from deb puf
command 'pydf' from deb pydf
command 'pdv' from deb alliance
command 'psf' from deb tcm
command 'pdl' from deb pdl
command 'xpdf' from deb xpdf
command 'wdf' from deb wit
command 'kdf' from deb kdf
command 'df' from deb coreutils
command 'pdd' from deb pdd
command 'pda' from deb speech-tools
command 'qpdf' from deb qpdf
command 'p0f' from deb p0f
command 'paf' from deb libpod-abstract-perl
command 'pd' from deb puredata-core
command 'pdb' from deb python
Try: sudo apt install <deb name>
answered Dec 7 at 2:34
steeldriver
65.4k11104176
add a comment |
As hinted at in this previous answer Any way to list similar commands? the way to get at them seems to be to execute the spelling_suggestions method from the CommandNotFound python module directly, and then call print_spelling_suggestions with a suitably large value of its max_alt parameter in place of the default value 15:
$ python3 -c '
import sys
from CommandNotFound import CommandNotFound
cmd = sys.argv[1]
cnf = CommandNotFound.CommandNotFound()
cnf.print_spelling_suggestions(cmd,cnf.spelling_suggestions(cmd),,100)
' pdf
Command 'pdf' not found, did you mean:
command 'sdf' from deb sdf
command 'puf' from deb puf
command 'pydf' from deb pydf
command 'pdv' from deb alliance
command 'psf' from deb tcm
command 'pdl' from deb pdl
command 'xpdf' from deb xpdf
command 'wdf' from deb wit
command 'kdf' from deb kdf
command 'df' from deb coreutils
command 'pdd' from deb pdd
command 'pda' from deb speech-tools
command 'qpdf' from deb qpdf
command 'p0f' from deb p0f
command 'paf' from deb libpod-abstract-perl
command 'pd' from deb puredata-core
command 'pdb' from deb python
Try: sudo apt install <deb name>
answered Dec 7 at 2:34
steeldriver
65.4k11104176
As hinted at in this previous answer Any way to list similar commands? the way to get at them seems to be to execute the spelling_suggestions method from the CommandNotFound python module directly, and then call print_spelling_suggestions with a suitably large value of its max_alt parameter in place of the default value 15:
$ python3 -c '
import sys
from CommandNotFound import CommandNotFound
cmd = sys.argv[1]
cnf = CommandNotFound.CommandNotFound()
cnf.print_spelling_suggestions(cmd,cnf.spelling_suggestions(cmd),,100)
' pdf
Command 'pdf' not found, did you mean:
command 'sdf' from deb sdf
command 'puf' from deb puf
command 'pydf' from deb pydf
command 'pdv' from deb alliance
command 'psf' from deb tcm
command 'pdl' from deb pdl
command 'xpdf' from deb xpdf
command 'wdf' from deb wit
command 'kdf' from deb kdf
command 'df' from deb coreutils
command 'pdd' from deb pdd
command 'pda' from deb speech-tools
command 'qpdf' from deb qpdf
command 'p0f' from deb p0f
command 'paf' from deb libpod-abstract-perl
command 'pd' from deb puredata-core
command 'pdb' from deb python
Try: sudo apt install <deb name>
answered Dec 7 at 2:34
steeldriver
65.4k11104176
answered Dec 7 at 2:34
steeldriver
65.4k11104176
answered Dec 7 at 2:34
steeldriver
65.4k11104176
answered Dec 7 at 2:34
steeldriver
65.4k11104176
65.4k11104176
add a comment |
add a comment |
If you only want the recommended cmd in your terminal,
I recommend this application:
https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
You can install it by pip3:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools
sudo pip3 install thefuck
And config it as you like in files like .bashrc for your shell:
eval $(thefuck --alias)
# You can use whatever you want as an alias, like for Mondays:
eval $(thefuck --alias FUCK)
Besides, commands combo like history | grep pdf can also work if you have executed the right command before.
answered Dec 7 at 3:45
Denny
11
add a comment |
If you only want the recommended cmd in your terminal,
I recommend this application:
https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
You can install it by pip3:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools
sudo pip3 install thefuck
And config it as you like in files like .bashrc for your shell:
eval $(thefuck --alias)
# You can use whatever you want as an alias, like for Mondays:
eval $(thefuck --alias FUCK)
Besides, commands combo like history | grep pdf can also work if you have executed the right command before.
answered Dec 7 at 3:45
Denny
11
add a comment |
If you only want the recommended cmd in your terminal,
I recommend this application:
https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
You can install it by pip3:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools
sudo pip3 install thefuck
And config it as you like in files like .bashrc for your shell:
eval $(thefuck --alias)
# You can use whatever you want as an alias, like for Mondays:
eval $(thefuck --alias FUCK)
Besides, commands combo like history | grep pdf can also work if you have executed the right command before.
answered Dec 7 at 3:45
Denny
11
If you only want the recommended cmd in your terminal,
I recommend this application:
https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
You can install it by pip3:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools
sudo pip3 install thefuck
And config it as you like in files like .bashrc for your shell:
eval $(thefuck --alias)
# You can use whatever you want as an alias, like for Mondays:
eval $(thefuck --alias FUCK)
Besides, commands combo like history | grep pdf can also work if you have executed the right command before.
answered Dec 7 at 3:45
Denny
11
answered Dec 7 at 3:45
Denny
11
answered Dec 7 at 3:45
Denny
11
answered Dec 7 at 3:45
Denny
11
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This has been asked before (although perhaps not directly answered): Any way to list similar commands?
– steeldriver
Dec 6 at 19:50