Terminal Commands

An Alfred Workflow


Short Description

Search OS X Terminal commands by keyword

Last Updated

17 Feb 2015

Compatibility

Yosemite
(10.10)
Mavericks
(10.9)
Mountain Lion
(10.8)
Lion
(10.7)
Snow Leopard
(10.6)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
 

Version

1.0
 

Bundle ID

com.gnestor.alfred-terminal-commands
 

Search OS X Terminal commands using Alfred 2

Use this workflow to search OS X Terminal commands by keyword and paste the command into Terminal.

Usage

Type cmd [keyword] (or set your own shortcut) to search available terminal commands. Press ENTER to copy the command to the clipboard and paste it in the front-most app (e.g. Terminal).

Install

Clone this repo and double-click the alfred-terminal-commands.workflow file or download just the workflow file.

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To do

  • Add a "related words" file to expose more keywords than just the command or its description

  • Display the --help docs for selected command

  • Display the man docs for selected command

  • Generate personalized index for user/system using compgen -ca

Thanks to

alfred-emoji-workflow: Alfred workflow template

SS64: List of OS X Terminal commands and descriptions

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