[Gllug] a more intelligent shell

[Bruce Richardson]

On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 01:03:59PM +0100, SteveC wrote:
> 
> Just now I type 'grepp' rather than 'grep' and got the familiar command
> not found message. This is frustrating and it'd be nice if it knew that
> I'd made a typo. This is fraught with UI problems as I don't want it to
> ask me really, and I dont want it to confuse ls with rm, say.

And there lies your problem;  you want it to correct your mistakes
without any interaction but you don't want it to get it wrong, which
would require it to be psychic.

If you find yourself mistyping commands often, try using tab completion
more.


-- 
Bruce

I object to intellect without discipline.  I object to power without
constructive purpose. -- Spock
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