betty

Ask Betty a question

$ betty [whats my username]

$ betty [how many words are in this directory]

$ betty [find me all files that contain california]

$ betty [what time is it]

$ betty [count lines in myfile.txt]

$ betty [compress this directory]

$ betty [download https://example.com/file.zip]

betty natural language query

betty is a friendly English-like interface for the command line. It translates natural language phrases into executable Linux commands. When you forget a command, ask Betty in plain English.
If multiple interpretations exist, Betty will ask you to select the appropriate one. Betty also displays the actual commands it executes, providing learning opportunities.

File operations

Find, count, compress, decompress files

Username, date/time, disk usage

List, find, kill processes

Count words, lines, characters

Download files, web queries

Change file permissions

Requires Ruby, Curl, and Git.

$ git clone https://github.com/pickhardt/betty
echo 'alias betty="~/betty/main.rb"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Requires Ruby runtime. Limited to predefined command patterns. Not suitable for complex or unusual commands.

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