CLIcompanion-Run and Store terminal commands from a GUI

CLI Companion is an application that is used as a compliment to the Linux Terminal. People unfamiliar with the terminal will find CLIcompanion useful to become acquainted with the terminal. Using the built-in commands you can unlock the potential of the Terminal. Experienced users can use CLIcompanion’s add command feature to build a command dictionary. Store commands as you come across them and no more do you have to search for them.

Install CLIcompanion from PPA

Open up a terminal window from Applications->Accessories menu,and run following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:clicompanion-devs/clicompanion-nightlies
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install clicompanion

CLI Companion can be launched from Applications->Accessories menu and this is its main window:

The CLIcompanion has three columns. The first column is the command. The second column shows you if the command needs information from the user. Some commands need a path to a file. Others might need a package name. The third column is the command description.

The add command feature allows for three pieces of information to be stored for each command. Be mindful that not all commands will need the user variable field.

Via okiebuntu

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