Fu: CommandLineFu.com from the Command Line

Before starting, please let me tell you what CommandLineFu.com is:

Commandlinefu.com is an online repository for recording commandline gems, that you return to again and again

By now, CommandLineFu already has 8,897 commands to get many things done via command line interface (CLI). What is Fu? As simply as its name, Fu is a command line interface which allows us to search, copy, and display information on CommandLineFu.com based on given keyword. For example, you want to what commands related to PDF file, Fu will give you this information:

Installation on Ubuntu
Type the following command to install Fu on Ubuntu:

• git clone git://github.com/samirahmed/fu.git
• cd fu/
• sudo make install

Brief usage instruction
For example, you want to search commands related to PDF file, the command you should type is:

• fu pdf

By default, Fu only displays three commands. If you want to display ALL commands available, type the following command:

• fu -a pdf

In case, there are too many results on the screen, you can limit the number of the search results:

• fu -n 5 pdf

The above command will only display five commands on the screen.
Fu is capable to display URL related to the commands and vote given to it.

• fu -v pdf

Well, if you find any interested command, you can copy it to the clipboard, by typing the following command:

• fu -c number-of-command

Change number-of-command with the number related to the command displayed on screen.

For further information, below is video which shows us how to use Fu, enjoy!




Regards :)