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Maybe try fish? Tab completion will suggest subcommands, and if you type - or -- and hit tab, it will suggest the available options with help text generated from man pages (example: https://flaviocopes.com/images/fish-shell/autocomplete.png). Doesn't really help with positional arguments but it's definitely enhanced the discoverability of many tools for me.



This is by far the best practical option! Life could be even better, but out of all options this one's great.




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