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Which CLI app/utility you wish there was a GUI for?
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I'd like a GUI app for generating CLI's for other GUI apps that don't have them already. An application is never complete unless everything can be done via a CLI and/or API.
This is an interesting idea. There are some tools out there to auto-generate shell autocompletes based on standardized
--helpoutput. Maybe there's some possibility to GUIfy that sort of thing?I’m not sure how that could even be done, maybe a way to control the GUI with commands that you’d then be able to script, like Selenium on browsers?
Maybe. But wishes don't have to be possible. :)