Zimilar

This small gem extends your shell (see Supported Shells) to autocorrect inputs that would led in a 'command not found'. It basically parses your history file and tries to match to most suitable command found.

zimilar is just a small late-night hack I did and might be improved in the future. Its code is currently also not that optimized but for now, it works.

I also think that it might be better to write this as a native shell function in order to not require ruby to be installed. As times pass by, this might change.

The following shells are supported by now:

• zsh
• bash

Requires ruby development headers to be installed. ruby-dev on Debian based systems.

Install it yourself as:

$ gem install zimilar

Install from source:

$ git clone https://github.com/lotherk/zimilar.git
$ cd zimilar
$ rake build
$ gem install pkg/zimilar-VERSION.gem

Or simply copy the bin/zimilar to anywhere you want. Please ensure to install its dependencies.

zimilar parses your history file and compares the given command with all commands found in the history. It's using the similar_text gem to evaluate the matches.

If zimilar finds a suitable match, it replaces your command and runs it.

Please be aware of that this is a nightly hack and might, under worst circumstances, destroy all you know and love. Please do not use it without having this read.

zimilar doesn't correct to commands with a length less or equal than 2. This is because of most 'dangerous' commands are 2 charackters long, e.g. cp, mv, rm and many others.

But still, use it at your own risk.

Add the following into your .zshrc or any other file that is being sourceed during your login:

function command_not_found_handler() {
  zimilar $@
}

Add the following into your .bashrc or any other file that is being sourceed during your login:

function command_not_found_handle {
  zimilar $@
}

kl@kbook:~/ $ vm
Auto-guessed 'vim', 60.0%
kl@kbook:~/ $

1. Fork it ( http://github.com/lotherk/zimilar/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request