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Shell-GPT Commands

Shell-GPT (sgpt) brings ChatGPT capabilities to your command line. Generate shell commands, write code, and get AI assistance without leaving the terminal.

8 commands

Pro Tips

Use 'sgpt --shell "task description"' to generate shell commands from natural language.

Use 'sgpt --code "description"' for code generation with syntax highlighting.

Create custom roles with 'sgpt --create-role' for specialized assistants (e.g., 'sgpt --role devops').

Common Mistakes

Shell-GPT can execute commands directly with --execute. Use with caution on production systems.

Conversation history is stored locally. Be mindful of sensitive information in prompts.

Commands

Ask a question

$ sgpt "What is the difference between REST and GraphQL?"

Ask Shell-GPT a general question.

Generate shell command

$ sgpt --shell "find all files larger than 100MB"

Generate a shell command from description.

Generate code

$ sgpt --code "function to validate email in Python"

Generate code with syntax highlighting.

Execute generated command

$ sgpt --shell --execute "list all running docker containers"

Generate and execute a shell command.

Use custom role

$ sgpt --role devops "how to optimize nginx config"

Use a predefined role for specialized responses.

Create custom role

$ sgpt --create-role security_expert

Create a new custom role interactively.

Start chat session

$ sgpt --chat myproject "help me debug this"

Start a named chat session for context.

Continue chat

$ sgpt --chat myproject "now add error handling"

Continue an existing chat session.