sosays

sosays is a command-line helper written in Node.js, which shows you advice from StackOverflow about what you should do in Bash.

The package comes with a database of StackOverflow questions and answers, so you can use it offline. After a question you can enter 1 to view the original thread, or 42 to execute a command.

As a Command Line tool

npm install -g sosays

sosays check if process is running
searching...
Q: How to check if a process is running via a batch script
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tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq myapp.exe" 2>NUL | find /I /N "myapp.exe">NUL
if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" echo Programm is running

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enter 1 to load URL, 42 to run, enter to quit

sometimes there are multiple results:

sosays pretty print
searching...
there were multiple answered questions:
Q: How to pretty print XML from the command line?
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echo '<root><foo a="b">lorem</foo><bar value="ipsum" /></root>' |
    xmllint --format -

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Q: How can I pretty-print JSON?
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echo '{"foo": "lorem", "bar": "ipsum"}' | python -m json.tool

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As a module

var sosays = require("sosays");
sosays('pretty-print', function (err, responses) {
  // responses format
  /*
  [
    { href: '', cmd: '', title: '', sum: '' }
  ]
  */
});

Inspiration

I saw "Twitch Installs ArchLinux" and figured this couldn't be much worse.

Unless you used this in production, which would be worse.

Disclaimer

I am not affiliated with StackOverflow website or producers in any way!

Do not look up and trust commands from sosays. You need context.

Use sosays when you know the right command but it's just \ing you right now.

License

MIT license