# NL2Bash: A Corpus and Semantic Parser for Natural Language Interface to the Linux Operating System

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.08979 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1802.08979/

## Key facts

- Cited by 98 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 25 Feb 2018.

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## Abstract (arXiv)

We present new data and semantic parsing methods for the problem of mapping English sentences to Bash commands (NL2Bash). Our long-term goal is to enable any user to perform operations such as file manipulation, search, and application-specific scripting by simply stating their goals in English. We take a first step in this domain, by providing a new dataset of challenging but commonly used Bash commands and expert-written English descriptions, along with baseline methods to establish performance levels on this task.