Command-line Prediction and Error Correction Using Generalized Command-line

摘要

A UNIX shell that maintains the history of not only command-lines but also "generalized command-lines" is proposed. A generalized command-line consists of a command name and argument symbols, and represents the syntax of a command. The system can detect an erroneous command-line and correct it, even if the system designer does not give such syntactic data to the system in advance. Moreover, by analyzing the history of generalized command-lines, the system can get information useful for command-line prediction and thus achieve better prediction.