list_common_commands
Discover available Unix commands to quickly find documentation and usage information within the chat interface.
Instructions
List common Unix commands available on the system.
Returns: A list of common Unix commands
Input Schema
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Implementation Reference
- unix_manual_server.py:248-309 (handler)The handler function for the 'list_common_commands' tool. It scans common Unix directories (/bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin) for executable files, collects unique commands, categorizes them into File Operations, Text Processing, System Information, and Networking, and returns a formatted string listing them. Registered via @mcp.tool() decorator.
@mcp.tool() def list_common_commands() -> str: """ List common Unix commands available on the system. Returns: A list of common Unix commands """ logger.info("Listing common commands") # Define common directories in PATH that contain commands common_dirs = ['/bin', '/usr/bin', '/usr/local/bin'] logger.debug(f"Searching in directories: {common_dirs}") commands = [] for directory in common_dirs: if os.path.exists(directory) and os.path.isdir(directory): logger.debug(f"Scanning directory: {directory}") # List only executable files try: for file in os.listdir(directory): file_path = os.path.join(directory, file) if os.path.isfile(file_path) and os.access(file_path, os.X_OK): commands.append(file) except Exception as e: logger.error(f"Error listing directory {directory}: {str(e)}") # Remove duplicates and sort commands = sorted(set(commands)) logger.info(f"Found {len(commands)} unique commands") # Return a formatted string with command categories result = "Common Unix commands available on this system:\n\n" # File operations file_cmds = [cmd for cmd in commands if cmd in ['ls', 'cp', 'mv', 'rm', 'mkdir', 'touch', 'chmod', 'chown', 'find', 'grep']] if file_cmds: logger.debug(f"File operation commands found: {len(file_cmds)}") result += "File Operations:\n" + ", ".join(file_cmds) + "\n\n" # Text processing text_cmds = [cmd for cmd in commands if cmd in ['cat', 'less', 'more', 'head', 'tail', 'grep', 'sed', 'awk', 'sort', 'uniq', 'wc']] if text_cmds: logger.debug(f"Text processing commands found: {len(text_cmds)}") result += "Text Processing:\n" + ", ".join(text_cmds) + "\n\n" # System information sys_cmds = [cmd for cmd in commands if cmd in ['ps', 'top', 'htop', 'df', 'du', 'free', 'uname', 'uptime', 'who', 'whoami']] if sys_cmds: logger.debug(f"System info commands found: {len(sys_cmds)}") result += "System Information:\n" + ", ".join(sys_cmds) + "\n\n" # Network tools net_cmds = [cmd for cmd in commands if cmd in ['ping', 'netstat', 'ifconfig', 'ip', 'ssh', 'scp', 'curl', 'wget']] if net_cmds: logger.debug(f"Networking commands found: {len(net_cmds)}") result += "Networking:\n" + ", ".join(net_cmds) + "\n\n" # Show total count result += f"Total commands found: {len(commands)}\n" result += "Use get_command_documentation() to learn more about any command." return result