nlsh

nlsh is a Natural Language Shell for Linux. Instead of remembering BASH commands, you can type your intent in natural language. nlsh converts the intent to BASH command using OpenAI GPT-3, the same technology used by ChatGPT. You can type things like:

• create a file hello.txt with contents "hello world"
• what is the dns config?
• add dns 1.1.1.1 to DNS config. Use sudo
• what is the time?
• list users
• is there a user called backup?
• create archive test.tar.gz from folder test
• get www.google.com
• show available disk space
• show available disk space. show only the 5th column
• !cd /
  • Commands prefixed with ! are executed without translation
• @how do I mount a nfs share on an Ubuntu server?
  • Commands prefixed with @ get help

Prerequisites

• A Linux system
• Python 3
• API key from OpenAI. You can get one here for free. Sign up, then click on Personal top right corner, then View API keys.

Installing nlsh

1. Download the zip of this repo on your Linux machine
2. Extract to any folder
3. In that folder, run pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Rename config_sample.py to config.py
5. Insert your OpenAI API key in config.py

Running nlsh

python nlsh.py