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Which CLI app/utility you wish there was a GUI for? (lemdro.id)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me it's: Testdisk (and Photorec) Caddy Netstat Dig Aria2

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'd like a GUI app for generating CLI's for other GUI apps that don't have them already. An application is never complete unless everything can be done via a CLI and/or API.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

This is an interesting idea. There are some tools out there to auto-generate shell autocompletes based on standardized --help output. Maybe there's some possibility to GUIfy that sort of thing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I’m not sure how that could even be done, maybe a way to control the GUI with commands that you’d then be able to script, like Selenium on browsers?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Maybe. But wishes don't have to be possible. :)