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How2 uses AI models to suggest shell commands, right from your Unix Terminal.

How does it work? Behind the curtain How2 uses a couple of different AI models retrained on Bash/Zsh commands. But this is early days: we are improving the models to be very focussed on the Command Line experience.

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It's safe How2 will never run a command for you, it just proposes options. We take extra care to prevent any code injection or misuse: some queries might be rejected on this basis.

Quickly create Bash scripts How2 can create quick Bash scripts for you. If it doesn't give you the answer you were looking for, try rewording your prompt. For example by adding "for loop" or "bash script" or "one liner" at the end. With big language models a little rewording goes a long way!

Add -s to search StackOverflow By default How2 uses an AI model trained on Bash/ZSh programs. But if you pass the -s option, it searches StackOverflow via Google.

Works with PowerShell too It understands the context and plays nicely with PowerShell too.

Download MacOSX brew tap how2terminal/how2 brew install how2 Ubuntu / Debian wget how2terminal.com/how2.deb sudo dpkg -i how2.deb Or download manually: ↓ Download how2.deb Other Linux ↓ Download binary for Linux Windows ↓ Download binary for Windows via npm sudo npm install -g how2 If you install it without sudo, then run it with npx how2