Bash [ -z hello ]

Re:Bash [ -z hello ] by jmakeig on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @02:03PM (#7945673)

http://explainshell.com is what you're looking for.

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Re:Bash [ -z hello ] by JoshTriplett on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @02:38PM (#7945917)

I'm aware of it; I'd love to see that functionality integrated into DDG.

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Re:Bash [ -z hello ] by idank on Thursday June 26, 2014 @12:13AM (#7948097)

Actually one of their guys approached me last time explainshell appeared on HN. I think he suggested I implement it as some sort of shortcut, but I haven't had time to look into it.

I have a branch somewhere that exposes the results as JSON, which should make it easy to integrate if they were interested.

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Re:Bash [ -z hello ] by voltagex_ on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @07:37PM (#7947362)

I wonder if the developer of explainshell is reading. It looks like development has stalled. It's a really nice idea and could serve as a powerful backend for DDG.

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Re:Bash [ -z hello ] by idank on Thursday June 26, 2014 @12:09AM (#7948086)

I am reading this!

Admittedly I haven't had a lot of time recently to improve explainshell. But I haven't deserted it; it's just a matter of finding a block of free days to focus on it.

(and as always, patches are welcome ;)

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Re:Bash [ -z hello ] by idank on Thursday June 26, 2014 @01:21AM (#7948243)

There is one in its own file: https://github.com/idank/explainshell/blob/master/TODO

It's slightly out of sync with the github issues though.

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Re:Bash [ -z hello ] by voltagex_ on Thursday June 26, 2014 @01:25AM (#7948246)

Deleted my comment 10 seconds after you posted yours, I must be blind :P Looked straight past it.

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Re:Bash [ -z hello ] by Alupis on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @03:21PM (#7946195)

What a great resource! I did not know about this before today!

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