linux-commands-guide 2.0.1

Bilingual ES/EN interactive Linux command reference — 50+ tools with keyword search

Guia-Comandos-Linux

Bilingual ES/EN interactive Linux command reference for the terminal. 50+ tools covered, keyword search across all of them, pip-installable with a single lh command.

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✨ Features

• 🌐 Bilingual — full Spanish and English descriptions via --lang en / --lang es
• 🔍 Cross-tool search — lh -s recursive finds every command mentioning "recursive" across all tools
• 📦 50+ tools — awk, grep, find, git, docker, ssh, tmux, jq, ss, rsync, tar, crontab and many more
• 🚀 pip-installable — one command, available anywhere in your shell as lh

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📥 Installation

pip install guia-linux

Or clone and install in development mode:

git clone https://github.com/serber1990/linux-commands-guide.git
cd Guia-Comandos-Linux
pip install -e .

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🛠 Usage

lh <tool>                  # Show commands for a tool (Spanish by default)
lh --lang en <tool>        # Force English output
lh -s <keyword>            # Search across all tools
lh -s <keyword> --lang en  # Search in English
lh --help                  # Show help and full tool list

Examples

lh grep                    # All grep options in Spanish
lh --lang en grep          # All grep options in English
lh -s recursive            # Find every command mentioning "recursive"
lh -s port --lang en       # Find port-related commands (English descriptions)
lh ssh
lh docker
lh tmux
lh jq

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🔧 Available Tools

Tool	Description
awk	Column-based text processing
cat	Display and concatenate file contents
chmod	Change file permissions
chown	Change file owner and group
crontab	Periodic task scheduling
curl	Transfer data with URLs
cut	Extract sections from each line
df	Display disk space usage
docker	Docker container management
du	Display directory space usage
descriptors	File descriptors and redirections
find	Search for files and directories
firewall-cmd	Manage the firewalld firewall
free	Display system memory usage
git	Version control with Git
grep	Search for patterns in files
head	Display the beginning of a file
htop	Interactive process monitor
ifconfig	Network interface configuration (legacy)
ip	Modern network interface and routing management
iptables	Kernel firewall rule management
jq	Command-line JSON processor
logs	Important log file paths in Linux
lsblk	List block devices
lsof	List open files by processes
lxc	LXC container management
nc	TCP/IP Swiss army knife
netstat	Network connection statistics
nmap	Network and port scanner
ps	Information about running processes
regex	Regular expression patterns
rsync	Efficient file synchronization
scp	Secure file copy over SSH
sed	Stream text editor
shortcuts	Terminal keyboard shortcuts
sort	Sort lines of text
ss	Socket statistics (replaces netstat)
ssh	Secure Shell client
system	Basic system commands
systemctl	Manage services with systemd
tail	Display the end of a file
tar	File archiving and compression
tee	Read stdin and write to stdout and files
tmux	Terminal multiplexer
top	Real-time process monitor
tr	Translate or delete characters
uname	System and kernel information
uniq	Filter adjacent duplicate lines
vim	Modal terminal text editor
watch	Execute a command periodically
xargs	Build and execute commands from stdin

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📝 License

MIT — see LICENSE.

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