command prompter

[James Knott]

Scott Elcomb wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Terrence Enger <tenger-P1ovA8G34VBEfu+5ix1nRw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>   
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I am used, working on another platform, to having a tool which relieves
>> of the need to remember command line parameters ... sort of an entry
>> panel with brief prompts and hyperlinks to the applicable part of the
>> man page.
>>
>> Is there such a tool for GNU/Linux?  Nothing applicable jumped out at me
>> from the first hundred results of a google search for linux command
>> prompter.
>>
>> If this does not already exist, is there anybody else who thinks maybe
>> it should?  If anybody expresses an interest, I shall put together an
>> example of what it might do for you.
>>     
>
> Hi Terry,
>
> I'm curious enough to ask for an example.  I'm also curious as to
> which existing platform and tool you're referring to.
>   

I've seen similar in router configuration, where you can ask what the
next parameter might be.

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