gptcom

A command line AI client for Linux written C using the OpenAI API

gptcom is a small, one file, command-line executable that accepts Gpt prompts and prints text responses to in the terminal.

All arguments typed after the command are input as the one prompt.

When executed with no arguments a GUI text input box opens to accept your prompt.

A running text log is kept: /$HOME/gptcom.log

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gptcom uses three environment variables:

• GPTKEY=your OpenAI API key
• GPTMOD=the OpenAI Gpt model name to use
• HOME=your Linux user home directory

example:

export GPTMOD="gpt-4"

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zenity must be installed on your system:

sudo apt install zenity

To compile the source:

gcc -o gptcom gptcom.c -O1 -w JSON/cJSON.c -lm -l curl

The curl library for c is also used:

sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev

or download the library files from the cURL website.

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bash file:

gptcom "$@"

Save as '$'

Execute at command line:

$ hello gpt ...