NVRCMD Handbook 🚀

Note

🌐 Language / Язык:

• 🇺🇸 English (Current)
• 🇷🇺 Русский

An interactive, multi-language terminal utility designed for beginners to quickly lookup and learn basic and advanced Linux commands. It automatically detects your Linux distribution and features a beautiful scrolling UI.

✨ Features

• 📦 Distro Auto-Detection: Automatically parses /etc/os-release to show commands tailored for your OS (Arch Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, NixOS, Gentoo).
• 🔄 On-the-fly Translation: Press l to instantly switch between Russian and English interfaces.
• 💾 Persistent Settings: Remembers your chosen language by saving it to ~/.config/nvrcmd.json.
• 🛡️ Safe and Clean: Opens in an alternative screen buffer (like htop or vim) and leaves no mess in your shell history upon exit.
• 💡 Practical Examples: Every command comes with a real-world usage example displayed right next to its description.

📦 Supported Distributions

NVRCMD automatically recognizes and provides tailored commands for the following Linux families:

• 🔵 Arch Linux (including Void Linux compatibility)
• 🟠 Ubuntu / Debian / Linux Mint
• 🟢 Fedora Linux
• ⚪ NixOS (with declarative syntax and nix-shell guides)
• 🟣 Gentoo Linux (with Portage emerge and USE-flags guides)

📥 Installation

You can easily compile and install the utility globally using the provided script.

# Download repository
git clone https://github.com/neverloseagain1/nvrcmd

# Clone your repository (or go to your project folder)
cd nvrcmd

# Run the interactive installation script
./install.sh

⌨️ Controls

• ↑ / ↓ or j / k — Scroll through the commands list
• l — Toggle interface language (RU / EN)
• q or Ctrl + C — Exit the handbook safely